At 02:27 PM 5/6/96 -0700, Stan Sieler wrote:
 
/SNIP
 
>I don't think you want a variable ... that implies a polling strategy,
>which is (almost) always something you want to avoid on a multi-user
>computer.
 
I agree with Stan.  Having been involved with process control, a polling
strategy consumes too many resources when you have a number of processes
performing it. An 'interrupt' approach as Stan has proposed makes a lot more
sense from an efficiency standpoint.
 
-- Jerry
 
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