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Subject: Re: WMCCC clock handling

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:51:30 10/14/97

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On October 14, 1997 at 14:22:12, Amir Ban wrote:

>On October 14, 1997 at 14:07:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 14, 1997 at 13:53:31, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>
>Pardon my snipping your entire post, but I did not understand why you or
>Bruce think fudging to be necessary, when you are allowed to update the
>clock anytime.
>
>Amir

As I mentioned, *I* don't fudge.  I do it inside Crafty.  But I have
seen *many* programs where the operator simply enters a time that is
less than the real time, to allow himself a cushion.  I don't believe
it is reasonable to make those folks start modifying the code here at
the 11th hour and introduce some sort of bug that is guaranteed to show
up at the worst possible moment.

For me it is a non-issue.  Crafty uses a "operator N" command and will
"hide" N minutes from itself when doing time allocation calculations.
Bruce doesn't do this.  Requiring him to suddenly add this seems like a
poor policy this late...

Fine rule for next year, but not at the last minute this year.



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