Talk:Busy waiting
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Discussing shortly the concepts polling (computer science) and Interrupt would be a great addition to this article, in my eyes, as they bear similar issues. --Abdull 17:42, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
- I added the merge suggestion as the polling and busy waiting articles don't explain the differences between both techniques. --Abdull 00:53, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
- This is programming jargon. While the concepts may be similar, the terminology is used for specific circumstances. Busy waiting generally applies to cpu scheduling, while polling refers mainly to input devices. It simply does not make sense to say that you "polled the cpu" or "busy waited on the mouse".
nice to see you, 'while true do skip':
while (i==0) {}
Someone needs to explain the use of uptime for non-Unix folks. 218.102.220.129 12:17, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
