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The problem with sleep 1 is that it is guaranteed to sleep at least one second -- never less. Hence the error accumulates.

hhaamu
– hhaamu

2012-07-16 17:51:27 +00:00
Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 17:51
Comparing timing results from two different computers is quite meaningless, unless you have run the original code on your system and obtained the same result as the OP.

Dmitry Grigoryev
– Dmitry Grigoryev

2015-10-21 07:57:34 +00:00
Commented Oct 21, 2015 at 7:57

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