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Re: Time in milliseconds

On 7/30/04 1:30 PM, "Paul Skinner" <email@hidden> wrote:

> GetMilliSec
> -->7.3012042E+7
>
> <http://osaxen.com/modules.php?
> op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=getit&lid=112>

GetMilliSec is excellent, but it has the same Heisenberg-limitation that
simply calling an osax adds many milliseconds delay, so it won't in fact be
accurate.

AppleScript could probably access the inner workings of the computer without
this overhead if a 'with milliseconds' parameter were added to the 'time'
property of 'date'. Both Carbon and Cocoa can get precision to the 10,000th
of a second (10th of a millisecond). It would be a very handy extension of
the language. Using any osax, whether GetMilliSec or 'so shell script', is
fruitless if that extreme degree of accuracy is needed.

--
Paul Berkowitz
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