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by rwmj 2792 days ago
Accelerated time might also be a way to test programs. It's similar to techniques used to test planes (by repeatedly pressurising and depressurising them). It might, for example, reveal race conditions faster in programs that ordinarily do a lot of sleeping. I wrote a bit more about this (unproven) idea here: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/half-baked-ideas-accel...