#Multi-tasking Computers
11-May-88 12:14:29
Sb: #123714-#Multi-tasking Computers
Fm: Ben Blish 72667,1341
To: Henry Colonna 74726,3216
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I'll tell you something frankly, and from a developers point of view; if it
doesn't multitask, it's broken, with the single exception of certain
simulations and games that require all the machines resources time wise; and
they STILL do not have to crash the machine, they can simply shut off the
tasking. There are very clean mechanisms to do it. Certain signal anaylisis
programs may also require the system's resources for a short time – agin,
(again) there is no need to crash the system to get them. It's slop
programming, and that's ALL it is. You shouldn't treat this machine like it
was a c64; doing so shows you (the developer in question, EA, for instance)
as an amatuer. –Ben–