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Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br> writes:

> On Apr  5, 1999, Justin Sheehy <justin@linus.mitre.org> wrote:
> 
> > Entering a large group does in fact have a well-defined interrupt
> > point.
> 
> When I still don't have the faintest idea about how long it will take
> to enter the group.

Especially since the number given at that prompt may have little
relation to the actual number of articles there.

What are the actual problems involved making this operation
interruptable?  (Maybe I just missed an explanation in previous
messages... I'll look.)  It sure seems like a feature people would
like, and I'd say it's worth some effort.

-- 
Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org> - By consent of the corrupted
Memory fault - where am I?