Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM

Hi to all, I don't know what is wrong with the following method. It is a method inside a Timer class that extends Thread. The peculiar problem is that IF i include the System.out.print(""); line in the method, the program works FINE, if however I delete the System.out.print(""); methods or REM it out, the program doesn't count time? How Could that one line which does NOTHING cause the entire program to function correctly?

  public void run(){
         long timeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();

         while(true){
             if(timeStamp + 1000 <= System.currentTimeMillis()){
                 timeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();

                 System.out.print("");
                 if(this.paused==false){
                     this.secCount++;

                     this.hrs = (int)this.secCount / 3600;
                     this.min = (int)(((int)(this.secCount % 3600))/60);
                     this.sec = (int)this.secCount % 60;

                     if(this.debug) System.out.println("Timer: "+this.hrs+":"+this.min+":"+this.sec);
                 }
             }
         }
     }

Much thanks for any ideas, I have NO IDEA why a System.out.print statement could impact the functioning of this program to such an extent?