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glfwGetTime() and System.nanoTime() both claim to provide precision-based time interval management based on the host platform’s highest resolution and accuracy clock. Naturally, I will only use on...
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Andreas
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2025-07-11T18:58:01Z (about 1 year ago)
Add documentation links for each of the two functions
`glfwGetTime()` and `System.nanoTime()` both claim to provide precision-based time interval management based on the host platform’s highest resolution and accuracy clock.- Naturally, I will only use one of them, so which one should I rely on?
- How do they differ, and how do their differences play out in time-sensitive calculations such as a runloop?
Possibly I should use both, but in different contexts?
- [`glfwGetTime()`][1] and [`System.nanoTime()`][2] both claim to provide precision-based time interval management based on the host platform’s highest resolution and accuracy clock.
- Naturally, I will only use one of them, so which one should I rely on?
- How do they differ, and how do their differences play out in time-sensitive calculations such as a runloop?
- Possibly I should use both, but in different contexts?
- [1]: https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/group__input.html#gaa6cf4e7a77158a3b8fd00328b1720a4a
- [2]: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/24/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/System.html#nanoTime()
#1: Initial revision
by
Andreas
·
2025-07-11T01:16:58Z (about 1 year ago)
How does the GLFW time acquirement function differ from Java’s built-in time getters?
`glfwGetTime()` and `System.nanoTime()` both claim to provide precision-based time interval management based on the host platform’s highest resolution and accuracy clock. Naturally, I will only use one of them, so which one should I rely on? How do they differ, and how do their differences play out in time-sensitive calculations such as a runloop? Possibly I should use both, but in different contexts?