stopped jobs and load averages; question

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From: Barry S. Fagin
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 02:58

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I frequently keep stopped vi and other processes in the background
when I work.  Someone recently told me that this slows down other
users.  Is this true?  Please reply via e-mail to barry.fagin@dartmouth.edu
if you can shed some light.  Thanks.

--Barry

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Subject: stopped jobs and load averages; question
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