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

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

Then call it with a delay of 60 instead of calling it 60 times... DOH!
I didn't write the routine, but thought it had the right components.
Your point is well appreciated however, thanks for the comment.

I would more likely use something like:
 ON TIMER(1) GOSUB counter:
etc.

In any case I would rather avoid writing a delay routine. Time is
already too precious to waste in a timing loop... 

Nice to hear from you, Jasen!

 Mike
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