>> time() is a POSIX function while gettimeofday() is not. Also the
>> gettimeofday() resolution will not be *that* much better (in fact
>> it need not be better at all, time_t need not be an integral type).
> It's not required to be better, but it is.
... if time_t is some integer type. Yes.
> Why not use it if it's available?
The only problem is that we'd have to introduce one more
platform-dependent compilation switch -- unless gettimeofday() is now
in a relevant standard so that we can rely on its existance on all
platforms.
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