getUTCtime() increases irregularly

[Sean Kelly]

Frits van Bommel wrote:
> 
> Yeah, it's probably just because your Windows version didn't set 
> whatever timer source it uses to >= 1000 ticks/second. Understandable, 
> since short timer ticks probably have a negative effect on performance.

Right.  I think the Windows system clock has a resolution of around 
10ms.  However, I believe there are ways to obtain higher-resolution 
timing information, either using realtime features, the multimedia API, 
or by some other means.  I couldn't name actual API calls offhand though.



Sean