> I didn't say that wasn't the main reason, just that proximity to the > file server was also a factor, I can't find the quote I'm looking for > which I think was more explicit, but from > http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/9.html > > "The effect of running a cpu command is therefore to start a shell on a > fast machine, one more tightly coupled to the file server" > > And I wasn't as much trying to make history remark, as trying to point > an important and often overlooked feature of 'cpu' servers.
I think this tighter coupling is exactly the reason why I cpu from home to work instead of just mounting work-fs at home: the connection home-work is fast enough to do remote editing, but limited enough to make local (at home) compilation of files residing on the remote (work) fs more painful. Axel.
