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From mbr@larch.LCS.MIT.EDU Mon Aug 21 05:30:04 1989
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From: mbr@larch.LCS.MIT.EDU (Mark Reinhold)
Subject: Concurrency in the real world
Keywords: computer, funny
Date: 21 Aug 89 10:30:04 GMT
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
New York Times, 25 April 1989, in an article on new operating systems for the
IBM PC:
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?
