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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Process vs Task
Message-ID: <6615@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Apr 89 16:32:26 GMT
References: <8459@polya.Stanford.EDU> <5279@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <5279@cs.Buffalo.EDU> ugkamins@sunybcs.UUCP (John Kaminski) writes:
>In article <8459@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
>>I don't think there is *ever* a reason to use a Task instead of
>>a Process---or am I wrong?
>>
>>-tom
>
>Possibly several.  The two that come to mind are the scarcity of the resources
>involved.  If you are running a (gasp) 256K (i.e. original) Amiga, the less
>memory you use the better.  Also, aren't there only 20 process slots?  Or are
>those only processes that are CLI's?  Or is there no difference in THOSE two?

There are only 20 CLI slots.  You can have as many processes as you have
memory for.


		andy
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