In message <E12D7729-8DC6-433F-85AB-0E9F64C0D4A8_at_noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:
>Before somebody else calls me on it, I should point out that NTP
>actually uses both:
>
> "The clock discipline algorithm functions as a nonlinear, hybrid
>phase/frequency-lock (NHPFL) feedback loop."
>
>(see http://www.cis.udel.edu/~mills/database/brief/clock)
Let me just note that not all of us in the NTP environment belive
that algorithm is optimal or even well understood.
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Received on Mon Jan 15 2007 - 08:35:52 PST