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  1. Youka created this gist Nov 22, 2014.
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    #include <windows.h> /* WinAPI */

    /* Windows sleep in 100ns units */
    BOOLEAN nanosleep(LONGLONG ns){
    /* Declarations */
    HANDLE timer; /* Timer handle */
    LARGE_INTEGER li; /* Time defintion */
    /* Create timer */
    if(!(timer = CreateWaitableTimer(NULL, TRUE, NULL)))
    return FALSE;
    /* Set timer properties */
    li.QuadPart = -ns;
    if(!SetWaitableTimer(timer, &li, 0, NULL, NULL, FALSE)){
    CloseHandle(timer);
    return FALSE;
    }
    /* Start & wait for timer */
    WaitForSingleObject(timer, INFINITE);
    /* Clean resources */
    CloseHandle(timer);
    /* Slept without problems */
    return TRUE;
    }