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From: dillon@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: resources
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Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 22:34:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  1 22:34:42 1987
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>Amiga software developers please make your programs multi-tasking. The only
>programs that don't have to be are the ones 9.5megs in size! (Are you
>listening, makers of Chessmaster?!!). Also, don't "capture" resources before
>or after their needed, who needs a telcomm program that hogs the serial port
>when it's not dialing or maintaining a connection! C'mon guys! Sheesh!
>                      - Martin Brown -  mjb PNET

	There have been a few instances when I've wanted to bring up more than
one terminal program at once, and I admit that perhaps adding a command to
close/reopen the serial.device to my own terminal program would be a good
idea.  However, I don't think it would be a good idea to have it automatic
(For instance, you want to receive connections while away).

	Do you mean "support multi-tasking" ?? or that we should make the
programs out of lots of little tasks??  As far as support goes, I agree 
completely... I refuse to use any program which takes over my Amiga (except
for a few games). 

	There are many 'hidden' features of multitasking not readily
apparent.  Asyncronous IO, for instance.  Not only is DOS capable of this
(XFIO), but all EXEC devices as well.  Since Asyncronous IO is inherent in
EXEC devices most programmers take advantage of it without having to think
about it.

					-Matt