Re: [JBoss-user] Key generation by random numbers

[danch (Dan Christopherson)]

Michael Bilow wrote:

> Note that Java represents time with millisecond _resolution_ which is not
> at all the same thing as millisecond _accuracy_ in the real world.
> 
> Relying upon this sort of thing has the effect of introducing a platform
> dependency which could make the whole design fall over.  For example, on
> the IBM System/390 mainframe, real world accuracy is limited to one full
> second, so millisecond resolution just sees the seconds incrementing
> 0.000, 1.000, 2.000, and so on.


Ouch! I keep forgetting that. For the record, I see changes on the ms 
under linux, at 10 ms under winnt.

-danch

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