Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: New ANTIVIRAL SOFTWARE Message-ID: <2338f1cb@ralf> Date: 22 Sep 88 13:27:55 GMT Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: <933@psuhcx.psu.edu> In article <933@psuhcx.psu.edu>, matt@psuhcx (Matt Cohen) writes: }not be run. If no programs change and no new programs are run, }operation of the shell is transparent aside from a slight delay }in loading of programs due to the checking. The delay is }approximately 1 second for an average program (17.5 Kilobytes). An average program is 17.5K?!? Are you still using CP/M? This "slight" delay translates to 10 seconds for the more typical 175K program! (about the only programs I have that are less than 20K are small utilities that typically take only a second or so to run, anyway) -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/31 Disclaimer? I |Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough claimed something?| you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.