In message <20020822042739.7BE3BAC@proven.weird.com>Greg A. Woods writes

>Well, if I understand the second-hand explanation (I did not follow the
>noted URL and rea the actual proposal by Bernstein), POSIX (IEEE Std
>1003.1-2001, and ISO C) _requires_ it.

May I suggest, with all due respect, that you look at informed
discussion of the idea in comp.protocols.time.ntp, at your favourite
Usenet archive?

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