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From: dale@amiga.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Fun with gadgets
Message-ID: <395@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 23:42:47 EST
Article-I.D.: amiga.395
Posted: Thu Dec 12 23:42:47 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Dec-85 03:49:26 EST
References: <338@well.UUCP> <394@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Reply-To: dale@tooter.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc., 983 University Ave #D, Los Gatos CA 95030
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Sorry for posting this again but I forgot and important NOT

In article <394@amiga.amiga.UUCP> dale@tooter.UUCP (Dale Luck) writes:
>   This is similar to the loop I had in the dot.c program
>   If your program does NOT need to do anything while waiting for
>   messages though you should use

In general busy waiting is not fair in the multitasking amiga.  The
schedular does not change your priority since this was meant to be
a realtime multitasker. This means programs must cooperate a little.