Concurrency in the real world

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Irwin Greenwald <irwingreenwald () uclalumni net>
Date: November 10, 2004 11:04:05 AM EST

New York Times, 25 April 1989, in an article on new operating systems
for the IBM PC:

Real concurrency -- in which one program actually continues to function
while you call up and use another -- is more amazing but of small use to
the average person.  How many programs do you have that take more than a
few seconds to perform any task?

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