Final argument on gettys/ua

Michael michael at stb.UUCP
Thu Sep 29 03:07:55 AEST 1988


This is a final argument on the question of "Why use multiple windows when the
user agent can be used as well?"

The answer: The user agent is a CPU HOG. It busy waits when reading input--
this means that other programs run slower. 
			Michael
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