Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!lwall From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: super precision Message-ID: <335@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 10:43:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.335 Posted: Thu Jun 16 10:43:00 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jun-83 04:20:36 EDT Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall) Organization: System Development Corporation--a Burroughs Company Lines: 10 Saw an ad in Byte the other day: ...accurate to the nearest fraction of a second. Now, I can understand if something is accurate to WITHIN a fraction of a second, since it's just accurate to within some fraction, unspecified. But the NEAREST fraction? I think I want one. Larry Wall {cbosgd|burdvax|ihnp4|trw-unix}!sdcrdcf!lwall