Re: How to run tasks with priority?

Thanks Boudewijn,


Boudewijn Dijkstra wrote:
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>> Do you mean using yield method will idle the CPU?
>
>No. I said that with yield, there wasn't a chance of actually idling the CPU
>(as long as there are other threads ready).

Sorry that I do not express myself very clearly. I mean yield method will
make current thread idle on CPU (current thread will not occupy CPU time)
and it will give chances to other threads to run on CPU. Am I correct?


regards,
George

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