From: "Luke Bishop" <lbishop AT calvin DOT stemnet DOT nf DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: True Multitasking
Date: 17 Feb 1998 22:13:51 GMT
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> Does DJGPP support multitasking in any way? I want to write a few
functions all
> to run at once (i'll accept a millisecond or two of being suspended while
other
> code runs) or would it be better just to have some timer code adjust the
> register %eip every now and then? Does anyone have such code? Or should I
just
> go nuts with the longjump code? :)

Absolutely, you may want to check out LWP2, it works very well.