Re: CS results on Console and X

[jorrit <jorrit.tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be>]

Steve Baker wrote:

> Cubesoft wrote:
>
> > Also someone(bad with rememberuing names) suggested usleep(1) and sleep(0) every frame for speed.
>
> That's usually recommended for programs that otherwise would consume
> 100% of
> CPU time.  It gives the kernel the opportunity to schedule other
> critical
> processes.
>
> It's necessary - but it won't speed your code up at all.

In the case of CS it is not necessary (at least not in X version). Because CS needs
to wait every frame for XSHM to finish processing the previous frame.

Greetings,

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