Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 14:15:17 +0200 (DFT)
From: "Garrido Freire, Fco. Javier ((R)JA.GAR. SOFT)" <garridof AT cs DOT us DOT es>
Reply-To: "Garrido Freire, Francisco Javier" <Francisco-Javier DOT Garrido AT cs DOT us DOT es>
To: Wiljan Derks <W DOT Derks AT nl DOT cis DOT philips DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Multitasking in DOS
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On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, Wiljan Derks wrote:

> I think multitasking using djgpp must be easy since a GNAT
> port is available including tasking for V2.0.
> They claim to have complete ada tasking implemented.
> You can find it on cs.nyu.edu\pub\gnat
> I have not used this DOS version up to now however.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Wiljan
> 
This seems to be a good point to start. But, don't forget that
ADA has multithread features built-in on it. C has not this. It
_Environment_ where such programs run which support such feature.
(That's because, among others, C is portable.)

Both MS-DOS and DJGPP have such elementary multitask/thread
built-in on it.
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