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If your program is driven by external events, or uses signals for synchronization, then when it has nothing to do it should probably wait until a signal arrives.
| • Using Pause | The simple way, using pause.
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| • Pause Problems | Why the simple way is often not very good. | |
| • Sigsuspend | Reliably waiting for a specific signal. |