Re: [Dev-C++] sleep() for Windows XP

[matheus r. <mfr...@gm...>]

But it also eats your cpu cycles... Sleep doest consume CPU.

2007/7/23, Adam Jones <aj...@i-...>:
> Just in case you are interested, here is a platfrom independent way to cause
> your program to sleep without using sleep() or MS version Sleep(). It also
> avoids preprocessors commands.
>
> #include <time.h>
>
> Int main()
> {
>
>     unsigned int clockTicks;                            //Stores the amount
> of time you want to pause execution in clock ticks
>     clock_t ticksReached;                               //Stores the amount
> of clock ticks
>
>     clockTicks = 3000;                          //set pause to 3 seconds
>     ticksReached = clockTicks + clock();                //get number of
> clocks tick since program started then add the addition wait time
>     while (ticksReached > clock());             //loop until current clock
> ticks equal the ticks needed to wait
>
>    return 0;
> }
>
> It is more code, but it is platfrom independent and free of preprocessor
> commands.....
>
> -Adam Jones
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li...
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Adam Jones
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:24 PM
> To: 'Jamiil Abduqadir'; 'Dev Cpp MailingLinst'
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] sleep() for Windows XP
>
> >>You wrote:
> >> Does anyone know where I can find a source code for such service, so that
> it is a portable sleep() function?
>
> Why do you feel the need to cause your program to sleep(). There may be
> other ways of pausing executive without using a platform dependent command.
> Or using #defines. If you could provide more details, that may be helpful.
>
> -Adam Jones
>
> From: dev...@li...
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of Jamiil
> Abduqadir
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:37 PM
> To: Dev Cpp MailingLinst
> Subject: [Dev-C++] sleep() for Windows XP
>
> Using GCC, I developed some small apps under Linux, now I am trying to port
> this apps to MSWinXP, but there are some Unix functions that are not
> availableunder MS, sleep() is one of them. Does anyone know where I can
> find a source code for such service, so that it isa portable sleep()
> function?
>
>
>
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