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Article #29715Re: Multi-tasking?
From: Bob Page
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1987 16:13
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1987 16:13
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Most PEOPLE don't multitask on a computer, they task-switch. HOWEVER! Having multitasking available allows one to write (and use) programs that multitask internally - sending messages back and forth to each other, processing things concurrently rather than serially. Many nice programs on multi-tasking machines just aren't possible on any single-tasking machine because they INTERNALLY take advantage of the machine's ability to multi-task and message-pass. Examples on request, by E-mail. As a user, MultiFinder is all I want, in most cases. But now that I know what's possible for a -program- (not -human-) to do with a multi-tasking machine, I wouldn't want to use a task-switching machine. A few years from now we'll be arguing about something else, since everything will multi-task or parallel-process anyway. ..Bob -- Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept. page@ulowell.edu ulowell!page "I've never liked reality all that much, but I haven't found a better solution." --Dave Haynie, Commodore-Amiga
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!m2c!ulowell!page From: page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? Message-ID: <2286@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> Date: 24 Dec 87 16:13:48 GMT Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 22 Summary: And color isn't useful either. Neither is a mouse.