From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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On Mon, 01 May 2000 20:25:33 +0400, "Alexei A. Frounze"
<alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> wrote:

>But if a program is designed not to be run in background (a simple util
>or a game, for example), I think timeslice releasing is not needed.

It would have to release timeslices to the apps that _are_ running in
the background.  Think of any solitaire, minesweeper, or samegame-type
game.  There are _lots_ of free cycles that could be donated to the
system.

>I think playing games or doing other job on web-servers (or something
>like that) is a bit incorrect. If they ran all this stuff on home
>personal computers that don't need to do any time-critical job all the
>time, what was their problem? :)

What if I'm running (say) WinApache or something while playing Insane
Game (a SameGame derivative for DOS)?

>> So I think programmers do need to pay attention to these issues.
>
>Maybe you're talking about advanecd programmers only?
>How about an average programmer?

One line in your idle loop is not that difficult, once you have
learned the concept of "idle loop."

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