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Message-ID: | <37B0D4A0.3239EEA6@unb.ca> |
From: | Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca> |
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: spawning or system for DOS game?.. help me |
References: | <7oak28$865$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> <7ogqna$o76$1 AT ctb-nnrp1 DOT saix DOT net> <37AFEAC5 DOT 48AD AT mitre DOT org> <7oqd1p$5k1$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> |
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Date: | Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:42:03 GMT |
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
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> > More information: In fact, even Windows and the programs that run in > it > > use this method too; the computer is still only doing one thing at a > > time. Each process / thread gets a little bit of time CPU every once > in > > a while. > really?... but how do you explain MSWord?.. they have a spell checker > running on the background ... When something is running 'in the background', all that means is that the programs rapidly switch back-and-forth. But the 'focus' remains on a single program. An exception of this is when a computer has multiple processors. But on a single processor, only one thing can happen at a time (generally). -- (\/) Endlisnis (\/) s257m AT unb DOT ca Endlisnis AT HotMail DOT com ICQ: 32959047
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