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- From: Mary.Evans@launchpad.unc.edu (Mary Evans)
- Subject: Re: why OS/2
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.183646.24244@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:36:46 GMT
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- In article <BEDERS.93Jan11120505@disco-sun4.dfki.uni-sb.de> beders@dfki.uni-sb.de writes:
- >In article <48041@ogicse.ogi.edu> francis@ese.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes) writes:
- >
- > sdk@med.ge.com writes:
- >
- > >After reading IBM literature, talking with one individual and
- > >thinking about the postings here I decided that I should post
- > >several questions and study the responses before making any
- > >purchases.
- > >
- > >1. If you value the ability to multi task as a driver to use
- > > OS/2, how much to you **really** multitask ?
- >
- >Most people think, that multi-tasking is only a matter
- >of two distinct processes running asynchronous.
- >But, what is often forgotten, you can multitask or
- >better multithread IN an application.
- >For a fast processor, it makes not much sense
- >only quering a mouse and routing a message queue.
- >Other useful things can be done in the meantime.
- >Look at CorelDraw: While you`re choosing objects,
- >CorelDraw connects them internally.
- >Then, if you really want them to be connected, the
- >work is already done.
- >
- >I can imagine much more things, where multithreading can be used.
- >Sorting while the user enters data in a database,
- >Saving, while an appl. prints to the spooler, etc.
- >
- >But here is an example out of life:
- >One day, I was trying to connect to a local BBS.
- >Not to say, that the BBS was always busy...
- >Instead of waiting for the connect, I was installing
- >a DOS-Game on my FAT-Partition, and between disk-changes,
- >I played another game.
- >
- >The BBS was still busy, so I started Emacs,
- >loaded my current C-Projekt, made a few changes
- >and compiled it via Emacs.
- >Emacs started the make-process parallel, so I could
- >change the documentation while compiling.
- `
- >That really saves time !
- >I will never go back to a non-multitasking (or "kooperative Multitasking)
- >OS.
-
- . . .and you only really have to *need* to multitask once, to toss out D**
- and W******3.anything!! When I downloaded a file, printed a 40 page
- document, played solitaire and "diddled" with my checking account, I Knew
- I'd never go back.
-
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