jiffies-per-second -- r7rs Definition

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Kind

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procedure;

Implemented by

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• jiffies-per-second (from vonuvoli);

Procedure signature

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Procedure variants:

• (() -> (timestamp-jiffy))
  • inputs: none;
  • output: a value of type timestamp-jiffy;

Exports

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• scheme:time -- (scheme time);

Exports recursive

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• scheme -- (scheme);

Description

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(jiffies-per-second)

Returns an exact integer representing the number of jiffies per SI second. This value is an implementation-specified constant.

(define (time-length)
  (let ((list (make-list 100000))
        (start (current-jiffy)))
    (length list)
    (/ (- (current-jiffy) start)
       (jiffies-per-second))))

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The text herein was sourced and adapted as described in the "R7RS attribution of various text snippets" appendix.

Referenced-types

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• timestamp-jiffy;