| Concurrency.simutime | Part of Concurrency module |
| Syntax | simutime : int
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| Description | The simutime function returns the number of simulated time units that have passed since program execution began.
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| Details | Simulated time only passes when all process are either paused or waiting. This simulates the fact that CPU time is effectively infinitely faster than "pause" time.
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| Example | This prints out the simulated time passing between two processes. This will print out 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 15, 18, 20, 21, ...
process p (t : int)
loop
pause t
put simutime
end loop
end p
fork p (3)
fork p (5)
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| Execute | |
| Status | Exported unqualified. This means that you can call the function by calling simutime or by calling Concurrency.simutime.
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