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- From: peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis)
- Subject: Re: 'Threads' package question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.150832.15585@cujo.curtin.edu.au>
- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1993Jan2.184916.18378@cc.umontreal.ca> <1993Jan2.202522.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> <dowdy-060193175133@90.10.20.25>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:08:32 GMT
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- dowdy@apple.com (Tom Dowdy) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan2.202522.1@fnalo.fnal.gov>, gwatts@fnalo.fnal.gov wrote:
- >> In article <1993Jan2.184916.18378@cc.umontreal.ca>, casgrain@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Casgrain Philippe) writes:
- >> > I would like to know what _is_ exactly the 'Threads' INIT (extension).
- >> > I believe it allows multi-threading programming. Is this related to multi-
- >> > tasking? Is there any sample code that I can look at to program (Pascal,
- >> > preferably)? Is there any documentation available? (I have access to ETO).
- >>
- >> Check out develop issue 6 and 7 -- they have the articles describing the
- >> threads package. You can get them off the develop cd, or in the apple ftp
- >> site, under dts/doc/develop. It has some sample code there as well as the
- >> text of the article.
-
- >So, in summary, don't use them just for the sake of using them - use
- >them because you really are sure they are needed.
-
- True. Also, if you don't have a particular need for the features of
- Threads (futures being the most obvious (not that I know what futures
- are or why you'd want to use them :-)), you might want to check ouy the
- wonderful TaskManager package, which is very simple, very short and has
- full source code for it, in both C and Pascal too, and doesn't require
- an init or display an icon on the screen when you run your app! Its on
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/source/{c|pascal}
-
- Enjoy,
- Peter.
-
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