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Common Lisp Timer

I would like to start a timer in my common lisp application that after a certain amount of time it will call a certain method. What would be the best way to accomplish this?

+1  A: 

http://www.cliki.net/TIMER implements relative time based scheduling, which i THINK is what you mean

bigjust  2009-12-31 19:54:14
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Hi. It's SBCL-dependent, but you might want to try out Zach Beane's TIMER.

jkndrkn  2009-12-31 19:56:44
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Would something as simple as SLEEP work?

Xach  2009-12-31 20:55:29

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