In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, Sparks-R-Fun wrote: pjv, I am definitely interested in seeing some multi-threaded support from within SXB! This is something that I keep thinking I am going to need... but so far have always managed a way to serialize my programs to produce a sufficient result. However, I do not expect this will always be the case. I have wondered why things like serial communication and sound generation do not "spawn" a separate process and run in the background like processes do in Unix. Yet when I think about how this would need to be accomplished on a device with such limited RAM, I quickly conclude that each application would likely need to be custom designed to maximize the available resources. Or perhaps the compiler would need to be supper-smart in order to figure out how to best optimize everything. I have to give kudos to Bean and the others who are contributing to the development of SX/B. I fully intended to delve deep into SX assembly and only expected to dabble in the free BASIC compiler that was available. So far I have found almost the complete opposite to be true. SX/B meets most all of my "basic" needs and I only dabble in assembly language when I need tight control of something or timing is critical. So yes, I would like to see a multi-threading option for SX/B. Certainly. I would also enjoy seeing how you are accomplishing multi-threading in assembly even now. I have looked at several examples of how others are doing this and keep thinking, "Someday I will need to do this. Someday!" So the more you care to share, the better for the SX community, I would said. I hope you are inspired to do this! - Sparks ---------- End of Message ---------- You can view the post on-line at: http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=7&p=1&m=157842#m157961 Need assistance? Send an email to the Forum Administrator at forumadmin@parallax.com The Parallax Forums are powered by dotNetBB Forums, copyright 2002-2006 (http://www.dotNetBB.com)