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Subject: Re: uclock() and struct rusage
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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:41:45 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> >
> > *** Posted and mailed ***
> 
> It would be nice if you omitted the humongous quote...
> 
> > I expect this is not even portable under W98.  I hope to try it
> > later using the identical compiler, etc., but running on this '486
> > system.  I expect it will crash with an 'illegal instruction'
> > failing.
> 
> What possible cause(s) do you see for the illegal instruction
> failure?

I left the quote to capture the source in my own sent file.  I
suspect that system is calling some sort of cpu cycle timer that
exists only in the Pentium.  Something like rdtsc??  Sandra and
others used to do that.  Haven't tried it.  Just speculating.

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