Yield?

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From: Parker Waechter
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1989 06:39

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how does one use the Yield call?

I have a function which basicly does a big for loop on every WM_PAINT
and I would like it not to hog the cpu the whole time.  I tried inserting
the "Yield" inside the loop, but other aplications still seem frozen.

any hints?
				Parker
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Oh yeah....these are my questions/opinions/requests...not anyone elses.

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From: parker@grapevine.uucp (Parker Waechter)
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Subject: Yield?
Keywords: yield, cpu hog
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Date: 6 Jan 89 06:39:51 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA
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