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From: preece@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Mail reading and EMACS & UNIX philos - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 01:01:00 EDT
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Nf-From: uicsl!preece    May 18 00:01:00 1984

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uicsl!preece    May 18 00:01:00 1984

I have a constant battle with myself, in designing software for
Unix, over where to draw the line between purity and performance.
Storing everything in flat ascii files in normal Unix directories
is a very flexible approach, but it also makes it much harder to
build a mail system that you can enter and leave fast enough,
which is to say, virtually instantly.  I hate to admit it, but
I don't like programs that can't fill the screen instantly upon
invocation, and a mail program is an especially galling example
because its very nature is to be entered and exited frequently
throughout the day.

scott preece
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