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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Tasking and blocked threads
Date: 1999/09/10
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In article <37D849AE.AC5EA4F1@res.raytheon.com>,
  Andy Askey <askeya@res.raytheon.com> wrote:

> I added delay statements to see if one task would block the other, but
> it did not.  I added a Task_Two package and execution control was
passed
> between all three threads. I thought I understood from previous
answers
> that this was not expect behavior.  Does this mean I can write an
Ada95
> program with several independent tasks and not worry about one task
> blocking another?  (Stealing CPU cycles yes, but not really blocking.)

That depends entirely on your tasking model. The only one defined by the
language is FIFO_Within_Priorities (and that only if your compiler
supports annex D).


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