The Wait command

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Jun 24 17:40:04 EDT 2011


On 6/24/11 3:52 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> See this is the perfect example of why some kind of multiple
> processing thing is needed. If you say
>
> wait until<condition>  then no other processing can take place.

The OP specifically wanted to block all other processes, so in this case 
"wait" is a good solution.

For the cases where you want to simulate multi-threading, either wait 
with messages, or set up a "send in <time>" sequence. Sending is usually 
the better way to do it.

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