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From: Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com>
Subject: Re: Ada versus Java - Tasking
Date: 1997/01/19
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> These task switching times are still pretty horrible though
Yes, and Win95 takes (on my P60) over 700 microseconds just to call
Ada.Calendar.Clock
  You can use an Ada compiler that doesn't map tasks to OS threads or,
for really fast stuff, use DOS (where the OS doesn't get in the way).