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filburt1
Aug 6th, 2001, 08:14 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/trends/08/05/multitasking.study/index.html
filburt1
Aug 6th, 2001, 11:18 AM
Even a grin would be nice... :( :D
CiberTHuG
Aug 6th, 2001, 11:31 AM
Any programmer could've told you that a system juggling more than one task looses time to context switching and interrupts, which a system that focuses on one task only has to waste time switching when a task is over.

On the other hand, you will notice lulls due to blocking, when a resource isn't available, yet. The single-tasked system has to wait and waste time. The multitasked system can switch to something else (and wait for the interrupt later).
aknisely
Aug 6th, 2001, 07:07 PM
MAC USER: So what, multi-tasking is for stupid people anyway.