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  2. From: heinz@edohwg.adsp.sub.org (Heinz Wrobel)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
  4. Subject: Re:  task communication and forbid()
  5. Message-ID: <heinz.05qz@edohwg.adsp.sub.org>
  6. Date: 28 Dec 92 22:54:14 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec18.204844.1796@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Dec22.210606.29689@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Dec23.134958.23831@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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  11. In article <1992Dec23.134958.23831@cis.ohio-state.edu> juncewic@turtle.cis.ohio-state.edu (thomas michael juncewicz) writes:
  12. >I thought the use of forbid() in effect 'turned off' multitasking.  Wouldn't
  13. >it prevent a subtask from being executed, and therefore waiting for a signal
  14.     ^^^^^^^                         ^^^^^^^
  15.  
  16. Prevent yes, but only until you wait on some event.
  17. Wait() temporarily breaks a Forbid() or a Disable(). Read the Autodocs.
  18.  
  19. >Tom
  20.  
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