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RE: milliseconds on Windows

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Robert D. Holtz - Lists wrote:

> If you're feeling frisky it's also possible to write a low level routine
> that hooks the hardware clock and uses it for retrieving the time.

Or simply use QueryPerformanceCounter.

> This clock does go down to microsecond granularity.

Sure, there are lots of solutions to measuring time more accurately.

The solution I provided is better suited for scheduling processes as
accurately as Windows allows.

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