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Re: Console LockUp in FoxPro for UNIX

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From: Timothy D. Kuehn
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 03:03
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In article <1995Mar29.220157.23800@taylor.infi.net>,
Mark Davis <mark@taylor.infi.net> wrote:
>vampyr@bu.edu (Eamon Daly) writes:
>>We have a foxpro program which loops continuously,

problem #1

>If you have an application which loops continuously, running under Unix
>(even in Foxpro), I would consider the program broken....  Try to get the
>loop removed, it is a waste of valuable CPU time.

Much better to use inkey(1) to pause 1 second between looks.
Much easier on CPU time. :)

Tim Kuehn
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From: timk@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Timothy D. Kuehn)
Subject: Re: Console LockUp in FoxPro for UNIX
Organization: TDK Consulting Services
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 03:03:48 GMT
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