Is there such a thing as useless information?? was RE: Delaying less than one second

Seems to me that bits of information that are seemingly pointless often come
in real handy later on.  But, there is also the mathematicians' toast:
"Here's to pure mathematics. May she never be of use to anyone."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: York, Albert [mailto:albert.york@nissan-usa.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:16 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: FW: Delaying less than one second
> 
> 
>  This forum is for the sharing of ideas and helping each 
> other. Just because
> you don't see the practical use for something doesn't mean it 
> doesn't have
> one. If you don't have anything to add why don't you stop wasting
> everybody's time and just say nothing? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jpcarr@TREDEGAR.COM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Sent: 2/13/01 4:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Delaying less than one second
> 
> 
> And the practical application for this would be??????????
> 
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> 
> 
> > I can't find anything in the archives about this. Is there an API
> which
> will
> > allow you to delay a job for less than a second?
> 
> yes, the WAITTIME  MI-instruction can delay down to 1/1000th
> of a second.
> 
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