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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Iconitis
Message-ID: <3810@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 11 Apr 89 14:04:42 GMT
References: <1930@dataio.Data-IO.COM> <11555@lanl.gov> <17376@cisunx.UUCP> <191@visix.UUCP>
Followup-To: comp.sys.misc
Organization: Xenix Support
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[ I was complaining about the lack of multitasking on the PC and MAC ]

In article <191@visix.UUCP>, jeff@visix.UUCP (Jeff Barr) writes:
> This is purely an operating system problem, its not related to the interface
> at all.

It's related to the interface, since most of what little O/S there is on the
Mac (and now with Windows and its successors, the PC) is entirely oriented
towards the user interface. You can't write a program on these machines
unless it's tied tightly to the user interface. The whole concept of running
in the background is alien.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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