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- From: petrin@walrus.megabaud.fi (Petri Nordlund)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Executive Probs with Maple
- Date: 17 Jan 1996 17:28:32 +0200
- Organization: Megabaud Oy,Helsinki,Finland
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- Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de> writes:
-
- >>It's a common misconception that Executive replaces (parts of) the
- >>task-switching mechanism in exec.library. It does not.
- >
- >Doesn't mean that it is not a hack. With the same reasoning you
- >could write a task that uses other processes file handles.
-
- Yes, Executive is a hack:
-
- :hack: 1. n. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed,
- but not well. 2. n. An incredibly good, and perhaps very
- time-consuming, piece of work that produces exactly what is needed.
-
- -- Jargon File 2.9.12
-
- Considering the time I have spent developing Executive, and that
- what it does, it does extremely well, the first definition
- doesn't apply. The second definition is much more suitable.
- --
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- Petri Nordlund __/// petrin@megabaud.fi
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