[erlang-questions] System timers, now/0, and instrumentation

[Jack Moffitt]

> Breaks compatibility (backwards and cross platform.)

I'm not talking about changing the semantics, just the implementation.
 If anything, it's currently incompatible across platform according to
the original poster. I understand it may break Windows compatibility
with older Erlangs, but making it work correctly on the platform seems
like it would be a good goal. In other words, it sounds to me that it
is simply a bug that the Windows Erlang doesn't use high resolution
timers on the platform when they are readily available.

jack.