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to: andrew clarke
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1995-05-02 08:12:34
subject: msged hard polling

PE>> Sort of.  It calls DosSleep at appropriate spots.  DosSleep
PE>> releases the timeslice.  It doesn't do this in the DOS
PE>> version though.  BFN.  Paul.

rc>     So why not add it? 

ac> The code is there (partially), but ironically pause() is not called from 
ac> anywhere in the program!

I've looked at the code that does it in OS/2 and DOS (where
the OS/2 version does call sleep), and it isn't a one-line
change, some of the functions need to change their calling
syntax.  BFN.  Paul.
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