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Re: PATCH: random sleep modification


From: Phil Tanguay
Subject: Re: PATCH: random sleep modification
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:25:04 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > perl seems a little top heavy to replace 6 lines of code....
> 
> Agreed.  But you don't need perl.  Just use the shell.
> 
>   sleep $(expr $RANDOM % 42)

Agreed, didn't know that trick.  I know a lot more C than I do shell.  When
all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.  ;>

Cheers!
-Phil





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