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To: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
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Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net> said:

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> Real time is still useful, if only as a hint to users.

Lots of things would be useful to have, but you just can't get them.
There is no guarantee that the clocks of the machines are even remotely
near sychronized (don't get me started on that).
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