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From: mykes@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...)
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.061456.15340@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
Date: 16 Jan 91 06:14:56 GMT
References: <JIMB.91Jan14143121@pogo.ai.mit.edu> <1991Jan14.221532.4431@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <11719@goofy.Apple.COM>
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In article <11719@goofy.Apple.COM> (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>In article <1991Jan14.221532.4431@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>> 
>> 	Problem is, most tasks DON'T give up control. Mac
>> programs have to be written to purposely give up control and many
>> are still written badly enough to not work, MicroSoft being one
>> of the worst culprits. 
>
>Not true.  For most applications, there is nothing special you have to
>do in order to yield the CPU.  It is a normal part of processing user
>input.

goofy? how appropriate!  :):):):):):):)