Posted by Ilya Zakharevich on 01/23/08 01:08

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
John Navas
<spamfilter1@navasgroup.com>], who wrote in article <44rcp31nh65t2m8oepmnldfu1apcqv14u3@4ax.com>:
> >Apparently, you never wrote any code which does polling without
> >latency...

> True. Because it's not possible

I explained the algorithm.

> even in a real-time OS, which Windows is most definitely not.

Why "Windows"? Did you just say that "on better OSes things are
better", or was it just "for good style"???

> There is always some latency. The issue is how much.

Of course. And an adaptive algorithm would ensure that it is low enough.

> Apparently (clearly) you've never written any Windows USB code.

Of course; I rarely SEE Windows...

Yours,
Ilya

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