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From: sehyo@netcom.com (Sehyo Chang)
Subject: Re: Real time requirements for VST v3.01 PPD.
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John Nagengast (nagengas@MPI.NL) wrote:
: Some questions about VM interrupt processing.

: - Does the VM of VST check the vm interrupt queue for outstanding interrupts
:   after every byte code instruction. ?
: - Is this mechanisme the same for VW/v2.0 and IBM ST. ?
: - When does the interrupt queue overrun. ?

: Thanks,
: John Nagengast

: Max Planck Institute
: email:nagengas@mpi.nl

I don't understand what you mean by "interrupts"? 
My understanding of VM is that it doesn't check for anything during byte
code instruction execution because it will slow things down(doesn't 
include any byte code optimization)

In VW2.0, all host i/o events are serviced by high priority process
whose sole purpose is to dispatch these events.  

-- sehyo
