Victor Stinner wrote: >>> - time.clock(): monotonic clock on Windows, CPU time on UNIX >>>> Actually, I think that is not correct. Or at least *was* not correct in >> 2006. >>>> http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/527849-time-clock-going-backwards >> Oh, I was not aware of this issue. Do you suggest to not use > QueryPerformanceCounter() on Windows to implement a monotonic clock? I do not have an opinion on the best way to implement monotonic to guarantee that it actually is monotonic. -- Steven