According to DIAMOND JEFF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Xref: shakazulu.wizzy.com palm-dev-forum:714
>
> Every OS I've ever used has paid a stiff performance
> price for implementing pre-emptive multitasking (threads or processes),
> and it pains me to see modern progammers so reliant on threads.
Transputers, over 10 years ago, had pre-emptive multitasking,
and microsecond task switch times, in microcode.
Todays processors, though faster, have not yet achieved its elegance.
One of the things that killed it, besides poor marketing and
underspending, was no virtual memory capability.
We are back in an age where we do not care any more ..
> OK, I had my old-timer two cents moment. :)
Cheers, Andy!
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