Re: fast, smooth updates

["Joseph J. Strout" <joe at realsoftware dot com>]

At 1:25 AM -0400 7/23/03, Frank C wrote:

> things start to go off is when you introduce an event loop - in C 
> you have total control, so you can pick and chose what to deal with 
> and what to ignore, and how often to yield to background tasks. In 
> RB, you're a slave to the runtime.
Well, no, we've discussed how you can choose when to yield to 
background tasks.  You're just not satisfied with the result, because 
when you do yield, it (not surprisingly) causes a glitch in the 
framerate.
- Joe

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