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From: disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples
Message-ID: <4434@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 89 19:01:09 GMT
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Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <00cVb5cbN81010DYua.@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, by kevin@uts.amdahl.com (Kevin Clague):
> I do a LOT of fractal calculations on my Amiga.  Many of the pictures
> take hours (if not days) to calculate.  I often start a picture
> generating, and then start making changes to the program I'm
> running, recompile and run it again.  So I'm editing, compiling and
> testing while my Mandelbrot pictures are generating.  Does this
> qualify as a good multitasking example?
 
Ouch!  It strikes me a as a dangerous one.  You must be a better
programmer than I.  I would never dream of testing one of my programs
while I had a Mandelbrot picture going.  All it takes is one misplaced
pointer and your 8 hour picture is toast.  I *will* however play a game
of Tetrix, or write a letter, or run a download, or use some other
time-tested program, while generating a Mandelbrot picture.





Gary




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