Question

Here’s what I need to do:

I need to simulate a server, which sends alarms at random intervals, i.e. after 2 secs, then after 4, after 10 but always within some sort of range.

What is the best way to achieve this?

Here’s my fist idea:

1.) Choose a random value between 0 and 10.
2.) Sleep for that amount of time
3.) Send an alarm to the client
4.) Repeat forever (i.e. while (true))

Answer 1

Your idea doesn’t sound so bad. Of course, you could go a more sophisticated path using timers and signals, but it depends on the requirements and using simply sleep() is maybe the fastest and easiest way for your purposes. Go for it 🙂