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[barmar@Think.COM (Barry Margolin)]

    Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 07:27 EDT
    From: smith@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Steven L. Smith)

    Dear SLUGs,

    I'm using the (sys:%microsecond-clock) function as a means of timing
    a given event. However, if I'm not mistaken, the (sys:%microsecond-clock)
    wraps around ever hour or so. Therefore the following would not always
    be accurate:

    (defun foo ()
      (let (t1 t2)
	(setq t1 (sys:%microsecond-clock))
	(some-event)
	(setq t2 (sys:%microsecond-clock))
	(/ (- t2 t1) 1000000))) ; Return time

    To the best of my recollection there is a function which accurately
    takes the difference of t1 and t2. QUESTION: What is that function?

TIME-DIFFERENCE

                                                barmar