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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Elias Pschernig wrote:
> And in Linux, my experience is that releasing CPU improves
> responsiveness of my programs compared to running on 100% CPU. (I can't
> explain why this would be the case though. Probably the linux scheduler
> penalties apps being 100% busy, and the sched_yield doesn't change
> anything in that.)
yield_timeslice() should improve responsivness of other programs not the
program calling it. It simply makes busy waits more polite allowing other
programs to take a chance. And busy waits are a must in current poll-like
input interface of Allegro.
Have a nice day.
Stepan Roh