Re: [AD] proposal: al_sleep()

[aj <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>  And by now I still fail to see when the current
> yield_timeslice in Windows/Linux is useful.


ok,  lets say i have 2 programs running.

both use yield_timeslice(),  they both would get 50% CPU each.... but 
because they use yield_timeslice they get onto the CPU more often, then if 
they had no yeilding.
so they get to poll the hardware more often and therefore a more reposnsive.


now,  imagine we have 2 programs running.
appA  uses yield_timeslice  and  appB  uses your Sleep(1)

appA  will get 99% CPU  and  appB will get 1% CPU

so appA is now extremely more responsive, and your  appB using sleep(1)  is 
now got  crap response.


i would prefer to have a situation like the 1st example, where both 
yield,  both get 50% cpu and both are mega responsive.

this applys to threads of the same app too; because you sleep a thread not 
an app(process).


aj.