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I know the headline is talking about something different, but I always think something along the same lines when someone talks about iOS multitasking. Does the
by csixty4 11y ago
I know the headline is talking about something different, but I always think something along the same lines when someone talks about iOS multitasking. Does the kernel have a Process Control Block? Is there interrupt-driven preemption? Well, then it's a multitasking OS in the technical sense.
But using the term "multitasking" to mean two applications on screen at the same time goes back to the Amiga days, maybe even earlier. I've just accepted it at this point.