Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!jack!sdeggo!dave From: dave@sdeggo.UUCP (David L. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Single tasking the wave of the future? Message-ID: <147@sdeggo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 22:05:10 EST Article-I.D.: sdeggo.147 Posted: Wed Dec 2 22:05:10 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 09:47:34 EST References: <201@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <388@sdcjove.CAM.UNISYS.COM> <988@edge.UUCP> <3445@hoptoad.uucp> Organization: Lazy Programmer's Society of San Diego Lines: 16 In article <3445@hoptoad.uucp>, gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: franka@mmintl writes: > > Another trend... ...is that towards individual > > (single-user) computers. The future of multi-tasking on such machines is > > very much in question... > 99% of the rest of the computers will be "general purpose" and all of > them will be running multitasking. I agree with John, however the ideal towards which we are striving is multi- tasking operating systems and single-tasking processors. Admit it, don't you hate having your processor multi-task? -- David L. Smith {sdcsvax!man,ihnp4!jack!man, hp-sdd!crash, pyramid}!sdeggo!dave man!sdeggo!dave@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu The net.goddesses made me do it!