Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:42:18 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Maurice Lombardi <Maurice DOT Lombardi AT ujf-grenoble DOT fr>
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Maurice Lombardi wrote:

> djgpp C delay() function is a dosish nicety (prototype in dos.h) which exists nowhere else.

That's not true: I find `delay' on some Unix boxes.

> It is unfortunate that djgpp implemented the less accurate delay 
> function with the more standard usleep() function.

`delay' is a compatibility function in DJGPP, and the reference for that 
compatibility is Borland.  AFAIK, Borland's library uses Int 15h for its 
`delay' implementation.