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From: monte@oblio.UUCP (Monte Pickard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: SHL LAYERS
Message-ID: <380@oblio.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 02:18:30 EST
Article-I.D.: oblio.380
Posted: Tue Jan 20 02:18:30 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Jan-87 23:36:30 EST
References: <1324@cadovax.UUCP> <5528@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Organization: Counterpoint Computers, San Jose
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Summary: good try!

In article <5528@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
> In article <1324@cadovax.UUCP> mitchell@cadovax.UUCP (Mitchell Lerner) writes:
> >Anybody used shl layers?  How is it as a user interface?  Can I do most
> >of the things that I can do under Berkeley's job control with shl layers?
> 
> "shl" can do most of the things you probably use 4BSD job control for,
> ...

Good try Doug, but shl (shell layers) is a very poor excuse for job
control under 4.2.  Although I am basically a AT&T based UNIX devotee,
this statement violates the 'fairness' rule.  ( Unfortunately, most pro-4.x
devotees violate the same rule in their arguments.)

Monte Pickard - Counterpoint Computers