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echo: os2prog
to: Denis Tonn
from: Eddy Thilleman
date: 1998-12-27 14:23:46
subject: more power

Hi Denis,

22 Dec 98, Denis Tonn of 1:153/908 wrote to Eddy Thilleman:

DT> Thunking can be either expensive (in CPU overhead) or cheap
DT> depending on how it is done.

So starting with OS/2 v2 the 'cheap' conversion (=little CPU overhead) is
choosen, so all 16-bit OS/2 programs run at about the same speed as on
16-bit OS/2-versions.

DT> 32 bit allocations are all done on a 64K boundries and the

In order to keep the pointer conversion to the minimum? Otherwise the
conversion takes a lot more work?

Cheers   -=Eddy=-  
 Email: eddy.thilleman{at}net.hcc.nl

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