From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:52:43 -0400
From: Felix Lee flee@modula.cse.psu.edu
Subject: keyboard accelerators
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> I think like Chuck Moore that 'typeahead' is another sign of bloated
> software. Nowadays i am relly disapointed if my 50+ mips workstation
> is not keeping up with my typing.

forget typeahead.  multitasking is a sign of real bloat.  quote from
the New York Times, 25 April 1989:

  Real concurrency---in which one program actually continues to
  function while you call up and use another---is more amazing but of
  small use to the average person.  How many programs do you have that
  take more than a few seconds to perform any task?
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