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From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Re: polling IRQs in a thread's code
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:03:19 +0100
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On 26.03.2013 00:58, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 3/25/2013 6:15 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>> [...]
>> That can also be viewed as a downside: you loose control over when the
>> process may be interrupted.[...]
>
> Elsethread I wrote
>
>  > Coming attractions: "loose" and "lose"  ;-)

LOOL

> Coming attractions: "then" and "than" :-(

You could throw "thin" in the mix. ;-)

> (Aside: Of the few languages I know, English is by far the
> most idiosyncratic, anti-systemic, and downright perverse.
> Toddlers' brains are said to be "wired" for learning language;
> an adult whose wiring has fallen away and who yet manages to
> learn English, even imperfectly, has my admiration and no
> little of my awe.)

:-)

Cheers

	robert

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