Re: How to run tasks with priority?

"George George via JavaKB.com" <forum@xxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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> 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?

That is correct. But yield will have no effect if the current thread is the
only 'ready' one with the same priority.


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