According to Kevin A. Foss:
If all you need is system time, why do you go through all of the DPMI/int calls/&c, instead of just using extended Pascal's timestamp routines.
These only have a resolution of one second which probably is not "random" enough for this purpose. The 1/100s when a program was started is almost a true random number; if we use the second in the minute it might be too regular.
Or are these not available because you are turning non-Borland features off when compiling these Borland-ish Units?
No.
Using gettimestamp() should work on all gpc platforms, right?
Right. If you find a platform where it doesn't, it's a bug.
Greetings,
Peter
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