BRBOYER@MTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU (Rucell) (04/08/91)
I have a question for all of you Macintosh Guru's. What on Earth could
make a program run faster in the background than it does in the fore-ground
(while Multi-Finder is activated)? When I first noticed the severe speed
differences, I almost freaked out. Could someone explain this to me? Is
there a way to get my program to run the same speed (or even faster) while it
is in the fore-ground? Thanks in advance...
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BRBOYER@MTUS5.CTS.MTU.EDU (Rucell) writes: > I have a question for all of you Macintosh Guru's. What on Earth could >make a program run faster in the background than it does in the fore-ground >(while Multi-Finder is activated)? When I first noticed the severe speed >differences, I almost freaked out. Could someone explain this to me? Is >there a way to get my program to run the same speed (or even faster) while it >is in the fore-ground? Thanks in advance... My guess (and it is only a guess) is that the normal program does plenty of screen drawing. When it is in the background all of its drawing is clipped (or masked) out. Just a guess, though, and if someone who really understands these things could correct me, I would appreciate it. -Peter > Bradley R. Boyer ##### # # ### BRBOYER@mtus5.cts.mtu.edu > # # # # # BRBOYER%MTUS5.BITNET > |"How could it have | # # ### ##### > | been me? I wasn't| # # # # # Phi Kappa Theta - Michigan Chi >Rho > | even there!" | ##### # # ### Michigan Technological University >------ Posted using NetFeed, THE Macintosh <====> UseNet Interface Program ---- -- Peter Wayner Department of Computer Science Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY 14850 EMail:wayner@cs.cornell.edu Office: 607-255-9202 or 255-1008 Home: 116 Oak Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-277-6678