On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:59:00AM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> >I can't think of a single valid reason why a program would want
^^^^^^^
> >to know the MHz rating of a CPU.
>
> Humans like to know what their machines are doing.
humans != programs
> Simple as that: it's for the end-users, and the place they look
> for it is always /proc/cpuinfo (since that works on every platform
> and on kernels prior to the 2.[56].* series.
Sure, 'cat' is the only reason its there at all.
> Not useful as an accurate number for any programming algorithms,
> but it is used to satisfy human curiosity. A lot.
I think we're in agreement, aren't we? :)
Dave
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