From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c606ef362d7fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-21 11:14:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: multitasking: finishing execution Date: 21 Jun 2002 11:14:53 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0206211014.5a05488a@posting.google.com> References: <1HhQ8.8744$ZP1.1591823@news11-gui.server.ntli.net> <64qQ8.9894$ZP1.1899365@news11-gui.server.ntli.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1024683294 310 127.0.0.1 (21 Jun 2002 18:14:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Jun 2002 18:14:54 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26573 Date: 2002-06-21T18:14:54+00:00 List-Id: "chris.danx" wrote in message news:<64qQ8.9894$ZP1.1899365@news11-gui.server.ntli.net>... > "Stephen Leake" wrote in message > news:usn3it31c.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov... > > > > The "Ada way" to terminate a task is with a "terminate" alternative: > > That forbids the use of the else block (and a delay which is currently in > charge of executing the real work the task must do. See the ARM section > 9.7.1 points 8 through 12. That's why I'm much more likely to have a "Quit" entry.