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From: manic pop thrill
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 17:59
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 17:59
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In article <7721@apple.Apple.Com> lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes: >In article <1174@cpocd2.UUCP>, howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) writes: >> >> Under MultiFinder, each program (except possibly the last one) must be >>specially coded to be "MultiFinder compatible" by calling WaitNextEvent >>instead of GetNextEvent (if I don't have them reversed). > >Not true. WaitNextEvent exists only to more effectively use the CPU. >GetNextEvent can cause a context switch as well. a couple of months ago, `byte' had an article on `multifinder' which i thought was very helpful in understanding `multifinder' issues including getnextevent/waitnextevent. i think it was in the december or january issue, but don't hold me to that. the article in question was the most (um first? :-) useful `byte' article i had read in ages. dsc
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!izimbra!dsc From: dsc@izimbra.CSS.GOV (manic pop thrill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.misc Subject: many things you wanted to know about multifinder but were ... Message-ID: <9504@uunet.UU.NET> Date: 21 Mar 88 17:59:46 GMT References: <4129@hoptoad.uucp> <283@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu> <1710@ssc-vax.UUCP> <1174@cpocd2.UUCP> <7721@apple.Apple.Com> Sender: usenet@uunet.UU.NET Organization: the levi stubbs' appreciation society Lines: 17 Keywords: window human computer interface Summary: check out the recent byte article on multifinder