Hi,
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> A timeout (like waiting for somebody to answer the phone) is optimized to
> never happen (they will hopefully pick up first). If everything works
> perfectly; it will be stopped before it has a chance to go off.
>
> A timer (like a kitchen timer telling you the cookies are done) is optimized
> to be added and sit around until it expires. You just don't turn off the
> timer and take the cookies out before they are done.
Making this the primary criteria for choosing a timer system would be a
huge mistake. As I wrote in a previous mail there are other, more
important criteria.
So far I still thought this was about kernel programming and not about
Aunt Tillies cooking show. Can we please bring this back to a technical
level?
bye, Roman
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