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SubjectRe: Illegal use of reserved word in system.h
Ben Greear wrote:

> It can be helpful to know what HZ you are running at, for instance if
> you care
> very much about the (average) precision of a select/poll timeout.

If you move the binary to a different system (or upgrade the kernel, for
that matter) the assumptions can be totally wrong.

This should be checked at runtime, not compile time.

Chris
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