Re: fast, smooth updates

[Frank C <pox at planetquake dot com>]

On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 10:36  AM, Joseph J. Strout wrote:

> 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.
That's my point! You're yielding on RB's terms. I can write a loop in C 
that yields just fine, without that hiccup.
Frank.


---
A searchable archive of this list is available at:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/search.php>

Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listmanager/>
.