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From: scottw@ico.ISC.COM (Scott Wiesner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: job control is a bug, not a feature
Message-ID: <15868@vail.ICO.ISC.COM>
Date: 20 Jun 89 15:11:21 GMT
References: <1989Jun19.204430.6371@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp, Boulder, CO
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This is all just too much.  Job control with or without a windowing
system is a useful tool.  Just yesterday, I was doing a large build
on my system, when I decided I wanted to run a timing test on something
else.  If I had had job control, this would have been a simple matter
of doing a ^Z, running my test, and continuing the build.  Instead, 
I had to *kill* the build, run my test, and start a new build.  It's
just not the same.

Call it a bug or call it a feature.  I really don't care.  The point
is, a lot of us find it useful.  If you don't, fine, but don't tell
me I'm wrong for using it.

Scott Wiesner