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From: johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee)
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
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In article <l_cGbshk1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>Why do you even run your program on the NeXT if you develop it on
>another system, and why would you be more productive on a X Window
>workstation?

I am required by the class to do so.  The work must have been executed on
a NeXT.  I do not know why.  Why am I more productive on an X Window
workstation?  I just find myself concentrating more on the problem rather
than operating the GUI.

>I used Emacs so I really don't have multiple windows for development.
>I bagged vi several years ago.  I do have several shells opened up,
>though, so I can log onto other machines.  The slowness of the GUI is
>attributed to swapping to disk, it isn't a reflection of Display
>Postscript.  If you lauch 5 different things and you run out of real
>memory, there is no alternative except for the system to page.

I never said it was a reflection of Display Postscript.  Personally, I like
the concept and the power of the model.  However I found the execution of
the idea left much to be desired.  I am well aware of the limitations of
the NeXT system and although the GUI's slowness may be partly due to VM,
it is still slow.  I launch "5 different things" as a matter of course
when doing my work.  If the system is affected by it, then the system is
not entirely suitable for me.

vi is my preference because I cannot stand Emacs' command structure and
miss all the little things vi offers.  But what does vi vs. Emacs have to
do with the NeXT GUI?  I believe your question was that why anyone who uses
virtual terminals would be bothered by the speed of a GUI.  Believe me,
many of us are.

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