Author: Robin Smith
Date: 18:13:09 01/02/01
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On January 02, 2001 at 16:57:54, Roy Eassa wrote: >On January 02, 2001 at 16:41:00, John Dahlem wrote: > >>I keep reading that this is an inferior program because it is DOS. But it runs >>in windows, so what is the problem? Is it slower in Windows? >> > > >Just a few things off the top: > >1. Doesn't use long filenames. >2. Doesn't share clipboard (copy, paste) >3. Doesn't use standard techniques for moving/resizing windows and other GUI >techniques. > >Feel free to add more. I think the biggest problem is that it will not run in the background. This is particularly anoying if you want it to analyze in the background while you do something else and on a dual processor system this inability to work in the background is an even bigger waste.
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