Re: Euphoria 2.6 Attn: Robert

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C Bouzy wrote:
> 
> Robert Craig wrote:
> However you might look into the User Contribution
> > by Daniel Kluss, where, while using Euphoria multitasking, 
> > he creates a second independent O/S thread to handle 
> > a slow API call. 
> 
> Thank you for the response, and I tried Daniel’s library. Currently the lib
> only works with the PD multitasking version of EU, and unfortunately the PD
> version is too slow for my needs, even when compiled to C. 

It won't be too long before the official, fast interpreter 
is released, complete with multitasking. It should work just as well
as the PD source interpreter with Daniel's code.

> What I am curious
> about is why can’t a similar system be added to the official version of EU?
> It is hard to develop commercial apps in EU when they freeze from time to
> time when calling certain functions in DLLs. In my opinion “non-blocking”
> support should be officially added and supported. Any possibility we can see
> this happening in the near future?

Yes, I might add it officially.
I need some time to study it carefully.
For instance, does it create any race conditions or other
glitches that I would need to guard against or document.

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

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