It looks like the problem went away, yes. Unfortunately, I don't remember how to reproduce the original problem. If I run into it again I'll let you know.
In the debugger I get:
DB<2> print time . $/ for 1 .. 20;;
1118999589.19879
1118999589.2088
1118999589.2088
1118999589.21882
1118999589.21882
1118999589.22883
1118999589.23884
1118999589.23884
1118999589.24886
1118999589.24886
1118999589.25887
1118999589.26889
1118999589.26889
1118999589.2789
1118999589.2789
1118999589.28892
1118999589.29893
1118999589.30894
1118999589.30894
1118999589.31896