On 2013/07/28, at 0:38, Scott Ribe <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Jul 27, 2013, at 9:15 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> But I'm avoiding NSTimer because I want to avoid being run looped in 
>> completely
> 
> Why??? If the run loop on the main thread is busy, your display won't update 
> anyway. I think you're adding a lot of complexity for 0 gain.
> 
Why would I add to slowing down the main thread when I can run a dispatch_timer 
on another thread and get the timer to fire more reliably?
That doesn't make sense. 
> 

In trying to keep a slim and trim main thread to keep steady movement. 
NSTimer is not for everything and does not give as much accuracy. 
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