[fpc-devel] Multithreading under DOS

[Leif Ekblad]

It works as long as you don't try to reenter DOS (because the DOS API 
switches stacks).

DOS never "sleeps". DOS is invoked as you use int 21h.

Leif


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Schnell" <mschnell at lumino.de>
To: <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Multithreading under DOS


> On 09/26/2013 02:09 PM, Sven Barth wrote:
>>
>> But on "bare metal" you don't have the OS in your way and thus can of 
>> course implement preemptive multithreading as other operating systems are 
>> also able to implement preemptive multithreading...
>
> How do you think DOS would "get in the way" ?
>
> As this is Dos, only a single program runs. Same gaps the interrupts it 
> wants to handle (e.g. timer, keyboard  or serial, this in fact is a usual 
> way to do DOS programs). Now it runs and DOS sleeps.
>
> -Michael
>
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