martens@ketch.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens) (05/12/89)
In article <2948@rti.UUCP> bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) writes: >I have *NEVER* heard anyone complain because their {machine, operating >system} was too fast! (buggy code in process control systems excepted). I have, though it was somewhat tongue in cheek. Several years ago, I was working on an Perkin-Elmer mini, and we got more memory. As a result, several OS functions that had been overlayed became resident, and everything ran much faster. A systems analyst complained that we had done away with the time she spent daydreaming while waiting for compiles. Can't please everyone, I guess... -=- -- Jeff (martens@cis.ohio-state.edu) Heilbronner and Thurow: "There are no predictive laws in economics." Martens: "No wonder I can't live within a budget!"