[erlang-questions] Newbie question: wait until an absolute time
Dmitrii 'Mamut' Dimandt
dmitriid@REDACTED
Fri Feb 1 15:15:25 CET 2008
Alpár Jüttner wrote:
>> Erlang integers don't have an upper limit. (underlying magic switches
>> to bignum representation).
>>
>
> Thank you for the answer. This makes my life much easier!
> But then what is the reason why now() returns a tuple of three integers
> instead of just returning a single one?
>
>
Because it's easier to match ;)
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