In many environments, the semaphore introduces a wait for each process trying to update the same value, which can delay the execution of the program.

在许多环境中，信号量都给尝试更新相同值的各进程带来了等待时间，这可能会延迟程序的执行。

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The duration does not take into account the retry delay, since this is not part of the execution time.

其持续时间没有考虑重试延迟，因为这没有包含在执行时间中。

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If a timer is blocked from immediately executing it will be delayed until the next possible point of execution (which will be longer than the desired delay).

如果一个timer在将要执行的时候被阻塞，它将会等待下一个时机(比预期的延时要长)。

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Conservative MP John Gummer - in whose Suffolk constituency Elliott was born - visited Texas last week to try and persuade the authorities to delay the execution.

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After a last minute delay of the execution of Troy Davis, the US Supreme Court refused to grant Davis a stay of execution.

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