Hi MIKE.

14-Jun-03 16:21:36, MIKE ROSS wrote to Jasen Betts


 MR> "Jasen Betts" wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (13 Jun 03 
07:09:14) --- on
 MR> the topic of "FSM"

 JB>> you're mixing floats and integers there and it leads to
 JB>> unpredictable behavior

 JB>> try this

 JB>> for x= 1 to 60: call delay(1):?".";: next

 JB>> expect to wait much less than 1 minute for it complete!

 MR> Then call it with a delay of 60 instead of calling it 60 times...
 MR> DOH!

 :)

 MR> I didn't write the routine, but thought it had the right
 MR> components.

it looked good but when i tested it  it could started coomplete the 1 second delay
if it's was tetered with a timer value ending in exatly .5 and it alway exits just
on when timer passes or matches the half second...

it took me a while to pin down that behavior and expliain it....

 -=> Bye <=-

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