From: Siraaj Khandkar <siraaj@khandkar.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 13:16:35 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Don't sleep longer than necessary to meet the interval.
X-Git-Url: https://git.xandkar.net/?p=cellular-automata.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=704cefa6bfd9bab26938b62c14b47f4803e0cd64

Don't sleep longer than necessary to meet the interval.
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diff --git a/003/src/life.erl b/003/src/life.erl
index ddb5115..f4b1fe5 100644
--- a/003/src/life.erl
+++ b/003/src/life.erl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 -define(CHAR_ALIVE, 111).  % "o"
 -define(CHAR_BAR,    45).  % "-"
 
--define(INTERVAL, 100).
+-define(GEN_INTERVAL, 100).
 
 
 -record(state, {x            :: non_neg_integer()
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ life_loop(
                           ,print_time   = PrintTime
     },
 
-    timer:sleep(?INTERVAL),
+    NewTimeMil = NewTime / 1000,
+    NextGenDelay = round(?GEN_INTERVAL - NewTimeMil),
+    timer:sleep(NextGenDelay),
+
     life_loop(NewState).