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Doesn't Windows NT (and OS/2 :-) prevent the problem of apps hogging the
CPU ??
donc
>Subject: Re: data reception during LOAD WORKSPACE
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 05:59:53 -0600
> From: "Earl Adamy" <eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "List-omega" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Windows in it's various incarnations starting with 3.0 incorporated a "Yield"
>event which allowed a programmer to yield a long running task to the operating
>system so that the Os could allow other tasks to run. It did not take a rocket
>scientist to build apps which did not hog the CPU (as TS/SC does when loading)
>nor did it take a rocket scientist to simulate threading which allowed related
>tasks to proceed. Later versions of Windows have facilitated the building of
>truly threaded apps. Omega programs have been generally ill-behaved and in the
>social world would be considered selfish. Perhaps they will properly thread
>operations in TS5. In any event, more memory should reduce load time,
>alternatively a faster processor.
>
>Earl
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