Asynchronous Console Messages?

2006-07-29 Thread Ben Cadieux
Hi everyone, I've always been a little curious about the way the typical unix console works. Why is it that applications must wait for text to be displayed on the console before continuing operation? Shouldn't these messages merely enter into a queue to be displayed whenever the system can get

Re: Asynchronous Console Messages?

2006-07-29 Thread Bill Hacker
Ben Cadieux wrote: Hi everyone, I've always been a little curious about the way the typical unix console works. Why is it that applications must wait for text to be displayed on the console before continuing operation? Shouldn't these messages merely enter into a queue to be displayed