OpenEuphoria

Re: multitasking progress?

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Dec 24, 2005
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Vincent wrote:
> Robert Craig wrote:
> > Ryan W. Johnson wrote:
> > > Hey Rob, how's the multitasking version of euphoria coming along? Can we
> > > expect
> > > the next release soon? And are there going to be any other changes
> > > included?
> > 
> > Multitasking in the official (C-coded backend) interpreter is working, 
> > but not released yet. I'm buried in the translator right now. 
> > There's some tricky ASM code that I have to write. The multitasking API 
> > has not changed from the PD source preview release. 
> > In January, after the "holiday season", I should have a full multitasking
> > release, but there are lots of other smaller things I want to do 
> > before a major (2.6 or 3.0) release.
> > 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> Could you give us an idea on some other moderate/mediocre features you're
> considering
> for the next release?
> 
> Any of these perhaps? :
> 
> * Passing 32 bit integers in t/c DLL/SOs
> * Full DOS long file name compliance
> * Built-in version() routine
> 
> These would really help relieve us from some patchwork libraries. 

When I get the multitasking just about done, I'll 
organize a list of items that I think are probably worth doing,
and people can tell me what they think is most important.
At the moment, I don't want to get distracted from 
multitasking and the "holiday season".

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com