Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!i2unix!inria!bull.bull.fr!cediag!Patrick.Hayes From: Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: PPC, IAC, and True Multitasking (tm) Message-ID: Date: 13 Aug 90 15:38:15 GMT References: <1990Aug3.040513.14844@d.cs.okstate.edu> <1990Aug3.171847.3222@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Sender: news@bull.bull.fr Organization: Cediag Bull S.A., Louveciennes, France Lines: 25 In-reply-to: Gavin_Eadie@um.cc.umich.edu's message of 3 Aug 90 17:18:47 GMT In article <1990Aug3.171847.3222@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Gavin_Eadie@um.cc.umich.edu (Gavin Eadie) writes: >norman@d.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham) writes: >> Obviously, if you don't have true multitasking you can't possibly have >> true IAC: After all, what can a process communicate with if no other >> process is truly running at the same time? > >Even with "true multitasking" no other process is "truly running" at the >same time unless you are using a multiprocessor computer and, even then, >the process running on the receiver is the one catching the IAC and not >the application itself. > >This is a silly topic to be wasting energy on ... Agreed, but in the spirit of the original question: Will Mac IPC be limited to the same CPU or are other macs IPCable? Pat -- +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | | BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | | 68, Route de Versailles | or ...!mcvax!inria!bullfr!hayes | | F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 49 55 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+