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From: gandalf@csli.Stanford.EDU (Juergen Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Unix deficiencies/problems
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Date: 9 May 89 20:20:49 GMT
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In article <1528@cmx.npac.syr.edu> gefuchs@logiclab.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs) writes:
>one difficulty with unix (maybe local to the domains i've seen only)
>is the immediate i/o feedback syndrom:
>
>what do i mean?
>
>well, suppose one types into the read-a-head buffer some 23 commands.
>the commands echo immediately, not later in their appropriate location.

Umm... How do you know the third command doesn't fail? What if it fails?
What if you have a typo in the second command?

>has anyone found a panacea for that, by the way?

Don't do it! Typing ahead some 23 commands is not necessary. If you want to
execute a sequence of 23 command, put them on a line, separated by ';', or
even better, put them into a file (since you might want to reuse this sequence
later).

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Juergen Wagner		   			gandalf@csli.stanford.edu
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