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From: mikep@ism780c.isc.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: jove
Message-ID: <13799@ism780c.isc.com>
Date: 17 Aug 88 12:59:07 GMT
References: <282@lclark.UUCP> <24356@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <1988Aug10.203225.26885@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <11873@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: mikep@ism780c.UUCP (Michael A. Petonic)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA
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In article <11873@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
 >In article <1988Aug10.203225.26885@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> woods@gpu.utcs.Toronto.EDU (Greg Woods) writes:
 >| It get's one of the lowest "hog" factors from sar on 386/ix.
 >
 >  Be careful of the hog factor on editors. The speed of the user and the
 >use of macros can allow use of a lot of CPU in a short time. This might
 >make an argument for an editor which didn't have macros or repeated
 >command, since it would slow the user.

Wait a minute.  That's like saying: ``Might as well be editing with
"ed" since it would slow the user.''

-MikeP
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Michael A. Petonic				mikep@ism780c.isc.com

        ``When was the last time you dug a ditch, baby?''