Is there an alternative for sleep() in C?

Question

In traditional embedded programming, we will give a delay function like so:

for(i=0;i<255;i++)
   for(j=0;j<255;j++);

In the micropro

Answer 1

I found the function in this post (http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/111229-how-use-sleep-function.html) and it works:

#include 
#include 

int main()
{
    puts("Hello \n");
    /* in windows.h is declared the Sleep (upper S) function and it takes time in 
miliseconds */
    Sleep(3000);
    puts("World \n");
    return 0;
}