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From: austing@Apple.COM (Glenn L. Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Iconitis
Message-ID: <28683@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 89 04:34:52 GMT
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In article <3769@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
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>[comparing user problems on Macs and PCs]
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>My usual question with either of these is "why can't I shove my ^%^&%&^
>compile into the background?".

If you are using MPW, you certainly can!  Also, a lot of compiler writers for
the Macs are starting to understand background tasking...

Also, with a single-processor machine (like most UN*X machines), you have to
time-slice the processor, which means either (1) the compiler runs slower, or
(2) the current program runs slower, or (3) both 1 and 2.  In most cases, the
answer is 3.


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