Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uupsi!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...) Message-ID: <1991May16.220713.7355@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 16 May 91 22:07:13 GMT References: <1991May10.010449.11340@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991May15.113621.22300@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991May15.171830.25748@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 33 In article <1991May15.171830.25748@milton.u.washington.edu> stevep@wrq.com (Steve Poole) writes: > In article <1991May15.113621.22300@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >But it isn't. Observed behaviour: a Mac II (which certainly has the Amiga 1000 > >beat on horsepower) just doesn't run smoothly compared to the older Amigas. > I didn't make any claims about relative smoothness. I've used a Mac II for > years and find that in most cases it's smooth enough. There are plenty > of crappy apps that DON'T cooperate, but there are plenty that do. I *am* making claims about relative smoothness. And your "smooth enough" would drive me crazy. Just as a Microsoft Windows user's "smooth enough" would drive you crazy. And we're each satisfied. > >> An event loop in the midst of a computation intensive routine is no big deal, > >> and a standard part of a responsive, well-behaved application. > >Yes it is a big deal, and no it's not a standard part of any such thing. It's > >just something that Apple programmers have to do to keep the faith. > Obviously the context was within a Mac application. Not obvious to me. > No need to intentionally > misinterpret. I've never found it to be particularly troublesome. Clearly, > a preemptive solution would be preferable, but anyone with a modicum of > intellect can cope. If I wanted to just "cope" I'd probably have an MS-DOS machine. It's a lot cheaper and from where I sit not a lot more painful than a Mac for programming. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .