12.May.2000
Achim Stegemann in ANF
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Remarks on asyncio.library V40
First of all many thanks for the positive response to the new library!
I haven't expected one misunderstanding, though, which I'd like to put right.
The 68k functions are NOT faster under WarpOS! You only get the speed increase
if you call the new PPC functions from a PPC!!
The reason is the context switch! If you would access the PPC from the 68k side,
you'd get a switch every time that would slow down the system! In this case the
library would be even slower. Existing programs that run under WOS would have to
be adapted for the new PPC functions!
I hope I haven't killed the entire euphoria, but the many feedbacks regarding this
make this correction necessary. If somebody has any interest, I would be glad about
a V40 version for PowerPC. Sadly, I can't realize that (yet).
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