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From: nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 7.0 on an LC is sloow...
Message-ID: <53103@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 20 May 91 06:59:51 GMT
References: <1991May17.061213.4554@clark.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991May17.061213.4554@clark.edu> gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow - System Admin) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from nerm@Apple.COM
>|
>|This is because there is a longer time between calls to _WaitNextEvent by
>|the 7.0 Finder, thus time is relinquished for other tasks less frequently.
>
>Why was this done?  I would think that giving Background tasks more time would
>be more perferable....as it is now (with system 6.0) they don't get enough.
>

  It's mostly because of the sheer amount of things the Finder is trying to
do.  We didn't intentionally decide to call _WaitNextEvent less often.

  -- Dean Yu
     Blue Meanie, Negativ Ethnic Role Model, etc.
     Apple Computer, Inc.
     My opinions and so on and so forth...