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1.1       root        1: .pa 1
                      2: .he 'RELE (II)'3/15/72'RELE (II)'
                      3: .ti 0
                      4: NAME           rele  --  release processor
                      5: .sp
                      6: .ti 0
                      7: SYNOPSIS       sys rele  / rele = 0;  not in assembler
                      8: .sp
                      9: .ti 0
                     10: DESCRIPTION    This call
                     11: causes the process to be swapped out immediately if
                     12: another process wants to run.
                     13: Its main reason for being is internal
                     14: to the system, namely to implement timer-runout swaps.
                     15: However, it can be used beneficially by programs
                     16: which wish to loop for some reason without
                     17: consuming more processor time than necessary.
                     18: .sp
                     19: .ti 0
                     20: SEE ALSO       --
                     21: .sp
                     22: .ti 0
                     23: DIAGNOSTICS    --
                     24: .sp
                     25: .ti 0
                     26: BUGS           --

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