> From:  A Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 12:30:26 -0800 (PST)
>
> 
>  Thanks Chris. Now that begs the question of why I should use multilog
> instead of syslog which does datestamp if you tell it to. It doesn't seem
> beneficial to add a superflous step. I apologize if this point seems
> irrelevant.

The reasoning is that logging should be low-overheard.  (I happen to be in the 
process of fighting with the fact that syslogd on my system likes to use 98% 
of the CPU and would much prefer if everything on my system used multilog.)

Chris

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