Subj : Yielding timeslices
To   : Lee Aroner
From : David Noon
Date : Mon May 21 2001 12:09 pm

Hi Lee,

Replying to a message of Lee Aroner to David Noon:

 DN>> Of course, well written native OS/2 code eliminates this 
   >> timeslicing problem completely.

 LA>    Just as well written native DOS code will as well. My DOS apps    
 LA> barely register on any of the various utilization checkers, and    
 LA> this despite using a polling type scheme for keyboard input.

If your program is polling, it is not as well designed as a native OS/2 
program. The yielding of timeslices repeatedly is not as satisfying a solution 
as blocking completely within a device driver.

Regards

Dave
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