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It mentions preemptive multitasking as one of its features. Are there any operating systems that still use cooperative multitasking?
by dustractor 11mo ago
It mentions preemptive multitasking as one of its features. Are there any operating systems that still use cooperative multitasking?
- andsoitis 11mo ago> Are there any operating systems that still use cooperative multitasking? RISC OS uses cooperative multitasking: http://www.riscos.info/index.php/Preemptive_multitasking http://www.riscos.info/index.php/Preemptive_multitasking
- throw-qqqqq 11mo agoMany RTOS support it, eg FreeRTOS’s co-routines: https://www.freertos.org/Documentation/02-Kernel/02-Kernel-features/01-Tasks-and-co-routines/00-Tasks-and-co-routines https://www.freertos.org/Documentation/02-Kernel/02-Kernel-f...
- jonjacky 11mo agoThere is Wirth and Gutknecht's Oberon System. It's still available but is older than Visopsys -- it was created around 1990, then updated in 2013. I think it's now considered an historical artifact. https://www.projectoberon.net/ https://www.projectoberon.net/
- bigstrat2003 11mo agoI think it's worth mentioning on a hobby OS, just because it's a decent bit more work to do preemptive multitasking. It's a badge of honor to have successfully implemented it.
- hulitu 11mo ago> Are there any operating systems that still use cooperative multitasking? Android ? /s Still not able to run 2 programs in the same time after all these years.
- seabrookmx 11mo agoAndroid literally has a desktop Window manager now: https://www.androidauthority.com/working-android-16-desktop-mode-3567057/ https://www.androidauthority.com/working-android-16-desktop-...