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That was because MacOS classic couldn’t multitask

• card_zero 1y ago
  Sure it could, it had cooperative multitasking. Inside Macintosh instructed programmers on the importance of politely giving way to other processes. https://archive.org/details/inside-macintosh-1992-1994/1992-processes/page/n18/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/inside-macintosh-1992-1994/1992-... WaitNextEvent (hmm, a Windows call has the same name, but functions differently I think).
  • TylerE 1y ago
    Multitasking via mandatory manual yields isn’t.
    • pjmlp 1y ago
      It is, that is why there is preemptive multitasking and non-preemptive multitasking.