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From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Launch and Switch Fields in the Task Structure
Keywords: multitasking launch switch system programming
Message-ID: <963@boing.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 91 02:34:10 GMT
References: <17933@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca.
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In article <17933@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> barnettj@pookie.crd.ge.com (Janet A Barnett) writes:
>What are the tc_launch and tc_switch fields used for?
>
>I'm writting some numerical software for my amiga and would like to
>have separate tasks make use of the 68882.  The SAS/C compiler manual
>warns against this, indicating that the operating system does not
>properly handle sharing of the coprocessor between tasks.

This is absolute BS. Ever since WB1.3, the os has supported math coprocessors
In a multitasking environment. If you plan on using the IEEE math libraries
though, each task must open the Math library itself.

There is no need to do any switch/launch programming


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Dale Luck     GfxBase/Boing, Inc.
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