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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] mk time-check/slice issue
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:55:41 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <71f34c7f2a7fac1912f332bbdb14e2ac@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABwHSOstuGxuGObq=TYHVb=VzsvWrPnH_iShi_aRh5aCYXS5iA@mail.gmail.com>

> I was thinking about the problem and actually, at least in all
> circumstances I can think of, changing that one operation from <= to <
> would fix the problem.  If the times are on the same second, I would never
> have had time to change it.  This would fix the problem.  Perhaps this
> functionality can be controlled by an environment variable like NPROC.

i thought this idea might come up.  i think the reason not to do this
is a very fundamental principle: correctness.  never give up on correctness.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-19 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-18 22:01 Blake McBride
2013-12-18 22:08 ` Matthew Veety
2013-12-18 22:42   ` Blake McBride
2013-12-18 22:16 ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-18 22:46   ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19  5:40     ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19  6:07       ` Bakul Shah
2013-12-19 10:59         ` Charles Forsyth
2013-12-19 14:21           ` Oleksandr Iakovliev
2013-12-19 14:58             ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 14:52       ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 14:55         ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2013-12-19 15:58           ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 16:30             ` Tristan
2013-12-19 16:37               ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 16:40                 ` Jacob Todd
2013-12-19 17:05                   ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 17:24                 ` Tristan
2013-12-19 18:30                   ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 17:59             ` Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
2013-12-19 17:07         ` a
2013-12-19 18:40           ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 18:58             ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:06             ` Matthew Veety
2013-12-19 19:07             ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:20               ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:27                 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:42                   ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 20:02                     ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 20:18                       ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 20:23                         ` Kurt H Maier
2013-12-19 19:35                 ` a
2013-12-19 19:09             ` a
2013-12-27 10:16               ` dexen deVries
2013-12-19 19:09             ` erik quanstrom
2013-12-19 19:29               ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:39                 ` Gabriel Diaz
2013-12-19 20:15                 ` Richard Miller
2013-12-19 20:28                   ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 20:45                     ` Richard Miller
2013-12-20 15:23                       ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2013-12-19 19:12             ` Skip Tavakkolian
2013-12-19 19:22               ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:43                 ` Rudolf Sykora
2013-12-19 19:58                   ` Blake McBride
2013-12-19 19:26             ` sl
2013-12-19 10:01     ` Richard Miller
2013-12-19 15:01       ` erik quanstrom
     [not found] <CAC0DbM5safEHO_MFpBazvvH6CcGQXGTow-Fe7fkqkP6GrU1Xzw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <CAC0DbM7S-xZvOSDwB6KoWH2X8ny_57F9mBE7gaB_BuWR5RSJiw@mail.gmail.com>
2013-12-18 23:09   ` Jason Catena
2013-12-19  5:47     ` erik quanstrom

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