instability in Berkeley versus AT&T releases (absurdly long)

[Henry Spencer]

> ...  From the implementers
> viewpoint, it's simpler to have it run down the left margin.  From the
> novice user's viewpoint, it's simpler to have it appear in columns on
> the side of the screen than to (a) learn to lunge for ^S before it runs
> off the screen, (b) remember to type -C every time, or (c) learn how to
> make a .profile that contains the function.

>From *both* viewpoints, it is simpler to have pagination available in the
tty driver.  This means that the implementors don't have to kludge it into
every program, and the users need neither lightning reflexes nor high
sophistication.	 Try it, you'll like it.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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