[fpc-devel] Threads and alot of crap continued

Micha Nelissen micha at neli.hopto.org
Wed Nov 8 12:09:49 CET 2006


Michael Schnell wrote:
>> I don't see how async timers can be useful for software 
> It decreases the latency. This is always the reason to do _preemptive_ 
> multitasking.

This is not an async timer in the way Vincent meant it, assuming I read 
his mails correctly. Also, pre-emptive multitasking is different from 
the async timer as you're explaining here in exactly this detail.

Micha



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