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From: bak@csd-v.UUCP (Bruce A. Kern)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Should I switch to VMS for software development?
Keywords: Why is UNIX better?
Message-ID: <181@csd-v.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 89 02:40:31 GMT
References: <901@hdr.UUCP> <203@becker.UUCP>
Reply-To: bak@csd-v.UUCP (000-Bruce A. Kern)
Organization: Computer Systems Design, Sandy Hook, Ct.
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For software development and testing UNIX has the advantage of cheap
process creation.  Besides being able to do 3 things at once (most
VMS systems I've worked on limit the number of concurrent sub-processes
to 2), the simulation of a programs environment via process which provide
input, suck-up output, and emulate interrupts is much more easily created
in UNIX than VMS in my experience.
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Bruce A. Kern                                  1-203-270-0399 
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