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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple System 7.0
Message-ID: <3821@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 13 May 89 14:11:30 GMT
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In article <21814@srcsip.UUCP>, mnkonar@gorby.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Murat N. Konar) writes:
> Sure, pre-emptive multi-tasking makes it easier for the programmer who would rather
> not worry about whether he's in the background or whatever, but it's the user's
> view that matters most.  That's what the Mac's all about.

There are basically two ways to get the fast response time you're talking
about. One is to require all the programmers to do all the hard work. The
other is to realise that a user-interface is a real-time problem, and use
a real-time operating system. The Amiga takes the second path, and gives
you the advantages of fast response time with the advantages of a clean,
modern, programmer interface.
-- 
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva      `-_-'
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