At 08:43 AM 3/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>DREITEK wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 98-03-13 18:42:55 EST, you write:
>>
>> <<
>>  James:
>>
>>  Do yourself a favor: use interupts only as a last resort. They can be real
>>  tricky sometimes.
>>
>> >>
>
>> Hello!
>> I would disagree with this statement.  If used properly interupts can
simplify
>> code remarkably.
>
>It really depends on how you view things, I too like using interrupts. I
>had
>considered polling a pain. But I've learned when they're useful and when
>they're
>a pain. The RS232 example is a border line case, but I think that if the
>interrupts come too fast for interrupt driven code, what chance do they
>have
>with polled code? There is a place for each.
>
>BTW I live in an interrupt driven world and ... excuse me a minute...
>
>;-}
>
>--
>Neil Cherry     http://home.att.net/~ncherry    ncherry@worldnet.att.net
>
>
I would like to make a small wager. I bet that James and Ilis' first
"working" iteration will not involve interupts. It won't be "simple" code,
or "compact" code. But it will "work".
Any takers?
John