stdlib Timer bug

[Matthias Lang]

Michael McDaniel writes:

 > I seem to remember an environment variable or flag that can
 > be set to change timer behaviour from gradual synchronization
 > to instant synchronization with system clock.
 > However, I cannot find any reference, and may be remembering
 > incorrectly.

Your memory is correct. It's the  +c  flag for the emulator. It's
documented on the 'erl' manpage:

  http://erlang.se/doc/doc-5.4.8/erts-5.4.8/doc/html/erl.html

Matthias