OpenEuphoria

RE: Multiple loops interrupt each other :(

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at yahoo.com> Jan 13, 2004
• 389 views

> From: Kat  
> On 12 Jan 2004, at 22:59, I Mullins wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Weichel wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hello list,
> > > 
> > > I have a couple of loops that I want to run in parallel 
> > > but, when I start number two the first stops and vise versa.
> > > When I stop number two number one will continue.
> > > 
> > > Each loop are in a procedure for itself and I am using the IDE 
> > > to develop the program.
> > 
> > Short answer: you can't.
> > Euphoria does not have threads. 
> > 
> > You might be able to write some tricky code which might appear to
> > operate in parallel, but it would be: 1. tricky, and 2. not 
> > actual parallel processing.
> 
> Two ways you can do this, and both means two separate programs:
> 
> 1) use dde, socks, or ipc to link two apps
> 2) use the windows server in the archives, it's like win3.1 
> in written Eu!

Here's another: use timers instead of loops.  You're using the IDE, so I 
assume you're running under Windows.  Set a couple of timers, and run 
one iteration of the loop for each time the timer fires.  The other 
question I would ask is, what are you trying to do in the two loops?  
Maybe there's a different (better?) way to do it.

Matt Lewis