Asynchronous stuff

[David Preisler]

Trying to read user input async [like a text editor] via Unix(tm) 
SystemV 'NO DELAY' but it's a real cpu hog!  Emacs reads keys async-  
but it's very good with the cpu- How Does it do it? Currently I'm 
polling for input.

Also am trying to update the time once a second [just so I know that
the program is still alive- the info displayed rarely changes ]- Is
their an efficient way to do this?  Currently, again,  I'm just polling 
'till one sec has elapsed: I can't sleep(1) because I'm also waiting for 
async input.

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Thanks,
David William Preisler                                

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