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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Structure of the multitasking server
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<gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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Le vendredi 13 mars 2015 09:14:52 UTC+1, Dmitry A. Kazakov a écrit :

>> You could add a wakeup event to prevent busy waiting. An alternative 
>> would
>> be a waitable jobs queue.

>Wouldn't a delay instruction help ?

Of course. A "slow busy wait" is good enough in almost all circumstances 
(typically, the machine isn't doing anything important anyway during that 
the minimal time used). It certainly beats distorting one's design.

Of course, if there is a queue of jobs anyway, it makes sense to arrange 
that to be blocking so you end up waiting on that. But then of course you 
need a "stop" job else the supervisor ends up waiting forever.

                                                         Randy.