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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Task synchronization
Keywords: spleen
Message-ID: <8230@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 20 Oct 89 06:43:52 GMT
References: <483@glyph.UUCP>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <483@glyph.UUCP> ahh@glyph.UUCP (Andy Heffernan) writes:
>	while (FindTask(task_name)) ;    /* No raciness */
>
>	< deallocate stack and Task >

	Matt showed a very good way.  My comment is on your FindTask()
busy-loop: this is VERY nasty to the system, as FindTask(name) must
Disable() in order to search the task lists.

-- 
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