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From: Matthew Vernon
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <01bdda56$61639240$8c00a8c0@shindo>,
Scott Hill <scott@ddlinks.co.uk> wrote:
>
>	Pre-emptive multitasking. Mutlithreading. Resource management. Have ever
>programmed for Win95 ? I thought not.

multitasking? I run a programme of mine on a PII400. It is quite an
intensive thing that reads through a large file (2GB). That's it - nothign
else will work except the mouse. I have to sit and start while the damn
thing finishes.

	As a test, I ported the program to linux, and ran it on pick.sel,
using a 500M file. Sure, it took a lot (10x) longer, and sent the load up
a bit, but pick is only a 486. More importantly, I could do other things
at the same time.

QED

Matthew
-- 
	    Matthew Vernon, Selwyn College Computer Support
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From: mcv21@cam.ac.uk (Matthew Vernon)
Subject: Re: Cool jobs at a cool company.
Date: 1998/09/08
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