Richard wrote:
...and I find batch mode to be highly frustrating. I
learned
computing in an interactive environment on terminals and I never want
to go to a batch environment, I always prefer the immediate feedback
of interaction. Sometimes even waiting for a compiled language pisses
me off :-).
But back then ... you could go for a coffee break.
Now days you have to baby sit the computer when it reboots, after a
interactive edit under win-*insert year here*