*Difference is in milliseconds*, sorry :)

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Aliaksei Syrel <alex.sy...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> At some point I got a feeling that actual Delay time is longer than
> expected. It is especially visible on small delays less than 100ms
> (otherwise difference is < 1%).
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
> Documentation says that *Delay waits approximately* for specified amount
> of time. However, according to experimental data an actual difference is
> always positive with the value around 1.5-2 seconds. It is actually strange
> where such a constant difference, independent from delay length, comes from.
> [image: Inline image 2]
> To conclude, if you want to wait more precisely you need to create delays
> with duration 1.5 seconds less than expected. Also it would be interesting
> to test on different hardwares to make sure that difference stays constant
> (around 1.5-2s)
>
> I used the following script to gather data and save in .csv file
> http://ws.stfx.eu/DSCLG2ON0VBI
>
> Tested on:
> Pharo: #50636
> Spur-VM: #463
> OS: Mac OS Yosemite
> CPU: Intel Core i7 2.39 GHz
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
>

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