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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Thu, 24-Apr-86 20:47:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 24 20:47:00 1986
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Recently, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) wrote:
>	That IDIOT *!#@$% RUN command sets the process priority of the 
>process it's running to -5!!!!

That seems pretty logical to me.  If I say 'I want this in the
background', to me it means 'do it, no hurry.'  FYI, the c-shell
works the same way when you "&" something.

> Meaning, that if I have a compile running in the foreground, and an
> ED in the background, the compile gets priority over the ED.

Maybe you should rethink your application!  Why not edit in the
foreground and compile in the background?

..Bob
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