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From: mnkonar@gorby.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Murat N. Konar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Need info on multitasking capabilities on the mac
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Date: 14 Nov 89 19:52:04 GMT
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In article <9775@zodiac.ADS.COM> jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson) writes:
>Now another question has come up.  We're intersted in writing a system
>that is composed of many processes all talking to each other and
>passing data back and forth.  Even under MultiFinder I haven't seen a...
>
>Is multitasking difficult to do on the Mac?  Is it effecient?


Gawd! The true vs. fake multitasking wars are about to heat up again.

Anyway, if you can't wait for Apple's implementation of InterApplication
Communication (System 7), there was an IAC driver article in some MacTutors
within the last year and a half or so.


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Murat N. Konar        Honeywell Systems & Research Center, Camden, MN
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