On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:29 AM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote:
> Eliot Miranda wrote: > >> One if these, which Ben Coman's recent changes above my 64-bit >> microsecond clock should have fixed is a spin loop of up to a second to >> synchronize the second and millisecond clocks. >> > > Is this in the image or VM ? I didn't notice this. In the image. See secondsWhenClockTicks in Pharo 2 and Pharo 3. Its also in Squeak :-(. It is called from DateAndTime class>>#startUp: via DateAndTime class>>#initializeOffsets. It throws away on average half a second on every launch. Looks like it is not used in Pharo 4. I found these either by profiling (clock sync; I can give you a change set >> that allows profiling across a snapshot, quit, resume) or using the VM >> simulator (GC to check for finalization facilities). >> > > That would be interesting to try. > > cheers -ben > > -- best, Eliot
