(n = 10,000)
>perl !.pl
1.2
1118813755.17075
1118813755.18637

(n = 100,000)
>perl !.pl
1.2
1118813761.18637
1118813761.202
1118813761.21762
1118813761.23325
1118813761.24887
1118813761.2645

>perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Binary build 806 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.
+com
Built 00:45:44 Mar 31 2003

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I had to use ppm to install Time::HiRes for 5.6.1. I had to reduce the loop to 10, down from 100,000:

(n=10)
>perl !.pl
1.63
1118814102.57754
1118814102.57761
1118814102.57767
1118814102.57773
1118814102.57793
1118814102.57799
1118814102.57805
1118814102.57812
1118814102.57818
1118814102.57824

>perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Binary build 635 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.
+com
Built 15:34:21 Feb  4 2003

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It seems 5.6.1's Time::HiRes has a much better resolution than 5.8.0's. Is that the bug for which you are searching? My 5.8.0 results seem different from everyone else's results.

In reply to Re: In search of a bug in Time::HiRes on Windows. by ikegami
in thread In search of a bug in Time::HiRes on Windows. by BrowserUk

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