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Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> writes:

> The DEC 10 was supposed to be able to handle 100 users simultaneously.
> Boy, was it slow.

The Simula-67 compiler on that machine could compile something like
70,000 lines per minute, which rivals some modern-day compilers on
modern machines.  Sigh.

> BTW, I didn't use TECO on the DEC 10; I used SOS.

I used SOS, too, until I learned about Emacs, which was written in TECO!
(at that time)

- Bob