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From: rminnich@super.ORG (Ronald G Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples
Message-ID: <6105@super.ORG>
Date: 17 Feb 89 17:05:47 GMT
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In article <5988@cbmvax.UUCP> higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom MKT) writes:
>2. MOST APPLICATIONS ARE IDLE UNLESS THE USER IS INTERACTING WITH IT.
>We type a key, click the mouse, etc, and the program does a bit of work
>and then goes to sleep again.  Exceptions are rendering, file transfer, etc.
well, i am an exception to your case, paul. I 
often have compiles running at home on the amiga and at work 
on the suns. I share my cycles; while i wait for compiles to finish on
the sun, i work on the amiga, and vice-versa. I have a pile of 
dnet windows, so if i am waiting for both i read news. 
BTW you can also substitute latex for the compiles in the above. Lots of things
i use are anything but idle when i am not interacting with them.
MS windows does not meet my requirements, to say the least.
ron