In message <[email protected]>, Rob Seaman writes:

>Indeed, but "real time" already means something completely different
>in computing.  I had a boss who named a server "data" (after the
>Star Trek character).  The resulting confusion was monumental.

If you really want fun, name your server "localhost" ;-)

>The data type is more properly termed IEEE floating point.  How
>about "float" time?  You could tag it with a life preserver logo.

I really don't think the name is as important as the semantics.

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