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From: mcdonald
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1989 16:37
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1989 16:37
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In article <977@quintus.UUCP> lawrence@quintus.UUCP (Lawrence Byrd) writes: >This question is motivated by the increasing complexity of window systems >and the obvious need for ways of speeding them up. It is depressing that >one needs a system in the 5 to 10 MIP range before the newer window systems >(such as various toolkits on top of X) start responding crisply... Henry spencer replies: >The cynic would say that we need less-baroque window systems. The one on >AT&T's Blit responds crisply with a lousy little 68000 running it. >Now that we've got RISC hardware, the next thing we need is operating >systems and window systems to match. Ah! How about this as a discussion/flame topic: Resolved: Layered software functionality is sluggish, and therefore undesirable. Doug McDonald
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