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Date:      Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:40:01 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sleep.c fix for review 
Message-ID:  <199707181740.KAA04421@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <9707181348.AA27997@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
References:  <9707181348.AA27997@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>

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> Well, I always wondered why unices do these complicated things for sleep.
> 
> Why doesn't sleep just call select with no fds?

I think it's probably just because sleep came into existence long
before select did.
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth



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