Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!pyramid!nsc!icldata!altnet!altos86!dtynan From: fagin@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Barry S. Fagin) Newsgroups: comp.unix Subject: stopped jobs and load averages; question Message-ID: <954@altos86.UUCP> Date: 30 Mar 89 02:58:31 GMT Sender: dtynan@altos86.UUCP Reply-To: gatech!dartvax.dartmouth.edu!eleazar!fagin (Barry S. Fagin) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 7 Approved: dtynan@zorba.Tynan.COM I frequently keep stopped vi and other processes in the background when I work. Someone recently told me that this slows down other users. Is this true? Please reply via e-mail to barry.fagin@dartmouth.edu if you can shed some light. Thanks. --Barry