From:	"Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: how to do multithreading in DJGPP?
Date:	Fri, 6 Aug 1999 16:55:45 +0100
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zidharta AT yahoo DOT com wrote in message <7oevfu$ben$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com>...
>I m planning to make a game ...
>but I still dont know how to do multithreading with DJGPP
>I was told to use spawn ...
>is spawn the only way to do multithreading?


AFAIK games don't tend to use multithreading in the true sense of the word.

Most do something like this

while in game
   read inputs
   adjust player
   process enemies
   update screen
endwhile

Obviously there is a little more than that but you should get the idea.

The spawn* commands are used to run other programs, not parts of the same
one. However if you do want to use multitasking there are some libraries
that you can use, I believe SET has some links on his page
(http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6552/dlinks.html)

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