Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:10:05 +0100 (MET)
From: Jerry van Dijk <jerry AT jvdsys DOT nextjk DOT stuyts DOT nl>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Returning from a system()
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On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> You are talking about making two programs multitask (OK, two-task) under
> DOS, albeit multitask cooperatively.  This isn't easy.  But if anybody
> implements such a feature, we can make Emacs under DJGPP with (almost)
> asynchronuous processes: you can make shell-mode and GDB work! 

Not to mention we would finally be able to use Ada's tasking features 
under DOS...
 
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