# Accuracy of sleep()

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accuracy-of-sleep/5546
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accuracy-of-sleep/5546 "2017-08-24T20:02:23Z")
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#### Post date: [August 24, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accuracy-of-sleep/5546/3 "2017-08-24T20:55:20Z")

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Thanks for the link!  
`usleep(usecs) = ccall(:usleep, Cint, (Cuint,), usecs)`  
seems way more accurate.

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