Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!gitpyr!robert From: robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Csh confusion: #define HZ 100? Message-ID: <395@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 00:04:26 EST Article-I.D.: gitpyr.395 Posted: Sat Dec 1 00:04:26 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 05:09:52 EST References: <124@osu-eddie.UUCP> <1360@ihuxq.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Tech, Atlanta Lines: 20 >< > > But why #define HZ 100 ended up in csh is a mystery to me. > On a wild guess, I would think it may have something to do with csh's capability of checking your mailbox every so often. I can see where there might be a speed increase if it kept a rough track of the time itself instead of issuing time(2) requests all the time. robert -- Robert Viduya Office of Computing Services Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332 Phone: (404) 894-4669 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!robert ...!{rlgvax,sb1,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!robert