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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:22:23 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 64 bit times revisited.. 
Message-ID:  <2953.1004113343@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:34:33 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110261032480.10928-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110261032480.10928-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
lian Elischer writes:

>ok, so take 2 bits. 
>that leaves you with 30 bits (1 nanosecond) resolution...
>or to be compatible... take it from the top 2 bits..
>that leaves us with 400 years either way.. enough I'd say..
>for file access times..

I happen to think that such micro-optimizations turn out to be
much more trouble than they are worth.

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