On 2006-08-28, Claudio Grondi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't see any claim above that they run at different speeds, only >> that the counters are several million cycles apart, IOW running at the >> same speed but with different initial values, or more likely starting >> at different times. >> >> For processors that run at (say) 2GHz, several million (say 10 million) >> represents a difference of 10e6/2e9 = 0.005 seconds between when the >> processors were sufficiently powered up to start counting cycles.
> If it were so, than why can't the delta of time between the processors > be set to exact zero? This is > I assume, that it is known how many cycles adjusting the value will > take, so it could be done exactly ... hmmm ... > > Claudio Grondi -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! LIFE is a at never-ending INFORMERCIAL! visi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list