19 lines
780 B
Factor
19 lines
780 B
Factor
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! Copyright (C) 2009 Doug Coleman.
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! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
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USING: help.markup help.syntax kernel math ;
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IN: monotonic-clock
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HELP: monotonic-count
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{ $values
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{ "n" integer }
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}
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{ $description "Returns a monotonically increasing number of nanoseconds since an arbitrary time. This number can be compared against future calls to " { $link monotonic-count } "." } ;
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ARTICLE: "monotonic-clock" "Monotonic clock"
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"The " { $vocab-link "monotonic-clock" } " vocabulary implements a single word which can be used as a clock. A special property of this clock is that it is independent of the system time and time zones." $nl
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"Get the number of nanoseconds since an arbitrary beginning:"
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{ $subsections monotonic-count } ;
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ABOUT: "monotonic-clock"
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