Re: fast, smooth updates

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

At 6:11 PM -0400 7/23/03, Daniel Lurie wrote:

> > That'd be because your C program isn't doing all the stuff that RB 
> > is doing (checking to see if timers need firing, servicing other 
> > threads, checking whether command-period has been pressed, etc.).
> What is command-period for?
Detecting when the user is trying desperately to break out of 
whatever you're doing (it hooks into UserCancelled).
Cheers,
- Joe

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