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   albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl writes:   
   > The only essential difference between COT and PRE is that you must   
   > do PAUSE in COT. The other differences can be anything.   
      
   COT and PRE = cooperative and preemptive, idk if those are standard   
   abbreviations but ok.  One advantage of COT is that you don't have to   
   worry about critical sectons.  I think COT tends to get displaced by PRE   
   as systems get more complicated though.  COT is too easy to wedge if   
   some task blocks indefinitely.   
      
   > I don't think it makes sense to talk about COT in general, because   
   > the most important use case has disappeared, and there are no   
   > canonical examples any more.   
      
   What was the most important use case?   
      
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