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From: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: PPC, IAC, and True Multitasking (tm)
Message-ID: <2760@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Date: 16 Aug 90 23:50:06 GMT
References: <1990Aug3.040513.14844@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Organization: 3Com Corp., Mt. View, CA
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In article <1990Aug3.040513.14844@d.cs.okstate.edu> norman@d.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham) writes:
>
>With System 7.0 just around the corner (the corner of 1990 that is :-),
>I'm inclined to observe the following paradox: While System 7.0 will not
>provide true multitasking (tm), it will provide inter-application
>communication.
>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? Is some Apple marketing type
>trying to pull the wool over our eyes or what? Come on ye keepers of the
>true multitasking faith,let's rise up and squash this IAC propoganda.
>
	Despite the -:)'s, I say there is no such thing as "True 
	MultiTasking", you either have "pre-emptive" or "cooperative"
	MultiTasking. Take your pick...
		
	Pre_emptive Multitasking I suspect will slow down performance
	of current Mac's to much to be acceptable. Users here are to
	speed minded to allow a wait till something decides to give you
	time to do what you want when it wants to not you (that make sense?)

	Lets stamp out the True-MultiTasking rumor...there is no such thing.
	-:)


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