[erlang-questions] perform a function on a fixed time interval

[Max Lapshin]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Brian Williams <mixolyde@REDACTED> wrote:
> Personally I prefer the idea of a computation process that receives a
> tick message, that way it can handle its own state, and keep that
> updated by other messages in between ticks.


It cannot guarantee you monotonic in time. You will have 1.0001
coefficient from wall clock and it may become a real problem in some
cases. Only comparing to wall clock may give you synchronization