From:	PsySal <french AT freenet DOT calgary DOT ab DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Code swapping / True Multithreading?
Date:	Thu, 31 Oct 1996 15:23:58 -0700
Organization:	Calgary Free-Net
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I will probably never do this, but I'm wondering about protected
code-swapping / true multithreading et al. It's been awhile, but I
remember reading in "Advanced 80386 Programming Techniques" about how to
properly multithread. Now, what I am wondering is this: Is there any EASY
way to do this in DJGPP? I thought of having a list of objects, each
perfectly encapsulated in a little 80386 pill, and pulling a timer
interrupt to swap between them. This has a lot of applications for games,
although as I see it it's probably near impossible for someone like me
(almost no pmode experience at all) but if there were an EASY way...

Thanks,

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