How Not to Program in C++

182 Chapter 11

Program 110: Short Time III

Program 109 has been fixed. Now the delay is closer to what we expect. Not

exactly what we expect, but close. What’s happening now?

1 /************************************************

2 * bit_delay -- Delay one bit time for *

3 * serial output. *

4* *

5 * Note: This function is highly system *

6 * dependent. If you change the *

7 * processor or clock it will go bad. *

8 ************************************************/

9 void bit_delay(void)

10 {

11 int i; // Loop counter

12 volatile int result;// Result of the multiply

13

14 // Factors for multiplication

15 int factor1 = 12;

16 int factor2 = 34;

17

18 // We know that ...