[time-nuts] FreeBSD, NetBSD, or Minix-III?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <C63EC123.7F8B%James.P.Lux at jpl.nasa.gov>, "Lux, James P" writes:

>> Anything wrong with TAI64NA?
>> 
>> http://cr.yp.to/libtai.html
>> 

>It also breaks the time up into seconds, nanoseconds, and attoseconds, as
>separate chunks, so math isn't trivial

>I don't think this library buys you a whole lot [...]

I dont' think it buys you anything, except trouble.

It is a perfect example of what I said earlier: people cannot grasp
that time do not come in parcels...



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