On Thursday 07 December 2006 03:10 pm, Philip Levis wrote:
> On Dec 7, 2006, at 12:51 PM, R. Steve McKown wrote:
> > I think in general the need/desire for a spin lock or other similar
> > continue-to-test strategies suggest that some of the best benefits
> > of TinyOS
> > aren't being fully exploited.
>
> This is generally true. There are situations, though, when small spin
> loops can improve performance. This happens when the spinning time is
> shorter than the time to execute the prelude for the corresponding
> interrupt handler

Thanks for this post, Phil.  It's just this kind of knowledge sharing that 
makes tinyos-help such a value and joy to participate in!

All the best,
Steve
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