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Programming-Idioms

  • Smalltalk
  • Scheme

Idiom #45 Pause execution for 5 seconds

Sleep for 5 seconds in current thread, before proceeding with the next instructions.

The pedestrian walks, then stays still for 5 seconds, then resumes walking
(sleep 5)

Same as Lisp.
5 seconds wait.
delay 5.0;

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