-=> Quoting James R. Cook to Phil Crown <=-



 PC> If its a PM program I would use a thread to avoid blocking the message

 PC> queue (main) thread for too long.

 JRC> 

 JRC> It's a simple text-mode app.



Then you don't need a second thread since there is no message queue to

worry about.

 

 PC> Also by using a secondary thread you can adjust the priority.  In my

 PC> app the thread that reads the com port runs at PRTYC_TIMECRITICAL and

 PC> all the other threads run at PRTYC_REGULAR.

 JRC> 

 JRC> But does this make a huge deal?  I disremember what SIO uses for

 JRC> buffers, but I would imagine that it's more than adequate.



IMHO: if you want to throw something togather real fast then don't use

threads, if you want to do it right, then use threads! :-)



Phil Crown

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