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You have a slight typo in that first link, HN interpreted the semicolon as part of the link, fixed: http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/generic/knuth/errata/error

• taspeotis 13y ago
  This one stuck out for me: * Time sharing is very slow today, so I'm mostly reading technical reports while waiting three hours for compiler, editor, and loading routine. * I'm not counting this as debugging time! * (Came back in the evening.) For reference, you can compile the Linux kernel in as few as eight minutes [1]. [1] http://askubuntu.com/a/244148 http://askubuntu.com/a/244148
  • a_bonobo 13y ago
    By time-sharing, does he mean sharing computing time on a cluster? I work on my university's cluster and on bad days, my jobs are queued for 4 hours and then run for 20 minutes...
    • taspeotis 13y ago
      I didn't know time sharing was still a thing.
      • mattstreet 13y ago
        Yeah for clusters/super computers...I mean you'd think more than one person wants to use them right?
    • pseut 13y ago
      Dude, you didn't even look at the pdf did you. That was the entry for 13 Mar 1978
      • a_bonobo 13y ago
        I'm pretty sure clusters changed in their architecture and their processing power, but you still have to stand in line
        • timtadh 13y ago
          In 1978 Time Sharing Machines refers to single machines with multi-tasking. ex. the terminal you are using right now. So you don't have to "wait in line" you have to share resources. Just like your web-browser shares resources with your editor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing esr also has a good article: http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/timesharing.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/timesharing.html