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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:40:51 +0300
From: Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>,
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Subject: Re: How to switch threads ?
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Dim Zegebart wrote:
>
> > > A follow the last thread on task switching since I'm involved in writing a
> > > real-time multi-thread enviroment running on PC based embedded HW.
> >
> > You may take a look at my Palantir. It does exactly what you need.
>
> Does it continue to multi-task when the program spawns a child program?
> I think at least some of the questions in this thread were about
> simulating the Unix fork/exec paradigm.

It depends on how exec dials with IRQ and exceptions handlers in parent
program. Actually, I doesn't test it, but suppose it doesn't work as expected.

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Dim Zegebart
Moscow, Russia