Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:70 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:65 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!pa.dec.com!bacchus!mwm From: mwm@raven.relay.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...) Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 19:59:40 GMT References: <17210@cbmvax.commodore. <7504@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: jimb@pogo.ai.mit.edu's message of 14 Jan 91 19:31:21 GMT In article jimb@pogo.ai.mit.edu (Jim Blandy) writes: This discussion makes True Multitasking sound like the True Grail, or True Love. There's an implicit value judgement there, and nobody wants their machine to lack True Multitasking, even if they can't agree on what that actually means. Let's abandon the term, and talk about what actually happens. Yes, yes, yes! That's been my point all along. It's judgemental, and there is a perfectly good term to use for it's normal use here. Also, nobody has come up with a textbook definition, which means that misinterpretations due to people using different definitions is possible.