Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!USU.BITNET!FATQW
From: FATQW@USU.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SetFunction()? HELP!!
Message-ID: <8802210500.AA14341@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 88 03:55:00 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Lines: 17

>Maybe we should reserve task priority -128 to solve this
>problem: If a talk of prio -128 gains control, the system is
>probably not very busy, i. e. all other tasks must be waiting.

Yes, HOWEVER, this is no excuse for busy waiting, if that's what you're
thinking of.  (Ignore this message if not.)  Remember that HALTING the
processor completely will speed up certain things like the disk drives.
Even using a priority of -128 will still slow down the disk drives etc.

Advice: Don't busy-wait - PERIOD!!!

                                Bryan

        Bryan Ford                    //// A computer does what \\\\
Snail:  1790 East 1400 North         //// you tell it to do, not \\\\
        Logan, UT 84321         \\\XX///  what you want it to do. \\\XX///
Email:  FATQW@USU.BITNET         \XXXX/ Murphy's Law Calendar 1986 \XXXX/