On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:36:32 -0500, Ken Fox wrote:
> You want perl to block a thread and then busy wait until
>it's time for the thread to wake up?
What if we take the ordinary sleep() for the largest part of the
sleeping time (no busy wait), and the 4 argument select for the
remainder, i.e. subsecond?
What if we add a new function, say, "nap" (very short sleep), for
subsecond sleeping times?
--
Bart.
