106 

   107 

   108     Process states:

   109         #dead           process has (been) terminated;

   110                         the process instance has no underlting

   111                         thread.

   112 

   113         #run            the process is willing to run,

   114                         but not active (i.e. another higher prio

   115                         process is currently executing)

   116 

   117         #active         the process is the current process

   118                         (there is only one)

   119 

   120         #ioWait         waiting on some io-related semaphore

   121                         (typically in #readWait / #writeWait)

   122 

   123         #eventWait      waiting on some GUI event

   124 

   125         #timeWait       waiting on a timer-related semaphore

   126 

   127         #wait           waiting on some (other) semaphore

   128 

   129         #suspended      stopped from execution; however, an interrupt

   130                         will return it into the run state.

   131 

   132         #stopped        stopped from execution; an interrupt will

   133                         NOT return it into the run state (for debugging)

   134 

   135         #debug          debugger sitting on top of the processes

   136                         stack.

   137 

   138     Win32 only:

   139 

   140         #osWait         waiting on an OS-API call to finish.

   141                         can be interrupted, terminated and aborted

   142                         (i.e. the usual context actions are is possible).

   143 

   144         #hardStopped    thread was cought while in a blocking API call

   145                         or primitive endless loop and has been stopped by

   146                         the scheduler.

   147                         Can only be resumed or hard-terminated - abort

   148                         or soft terminate or unwind actions are not possible.

   149                         (due to win32 limitations)

   150