> I dont know task states are defined, but by 'running' I mean that it
> is not stopped by the VM, when the VM needs to fetch memory for the
> process.
What do you propose the program does when it doesn't have
its data ? Better give up the CPU for somebody else than
twiddle your thumbs while you don't have the data you want.
regards,
Rik
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