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List:       squeak-vm-dev
Subject:    Re: [Vm-dev] Tasks of the heartbeat code
From:       Holger Freyther <holger () freyther ! de>
Date:       2015-12-25 21:42:06
Message-ID: C5EB9524-3EAE-4984-AA30-5CD7A1B2B0B2 () freyther ! de
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> On 25 Dec 2015, at 22:03, Holger Freyther <holger@freyther.de> wrote:
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> 
> This _never_ happens. It means that at least one part of the system is driven by
> delays. That is a bit unfortunate for network systems (e.g. unless I use RFB I do
> not need to have Morph update)

	"And signal when the next request is due. We sleep at most 1sec here
	as a soft busy-loop so that we don't accidentally miss signals."

Both Pharo and Squeak seem to do that. This looks a bit odd and I wonder if anybody
remembers if there have been issues with the wakeup in the past?

kind regards and I wish all of you a happy holiday season

	holger



PS: With the Cogit/StackInterpreter (not spur) I seem to end up having the wrong
receiver in top of stack. I don't know if that is a Pharo/Opal issue or something with
the VM itself.=
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