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From: Nigel Roles ngr@sym...
Subject: "cpu" command, other related stuff
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 08:07:09 +0100

> if you really wanted to do this, i wouldn't break cpu.  i'd write findcpu:
> 
>    cpu -h `{findcpu}
> 
> or you could use it to set $cpu at login.
> 
> i think cpu was intended to be used with a particular cpu server, not
> just one with a low 'load average' [a totally foreign concept to plan
> 9].  the choice being based on a particular function that cpu fulfills.
> 
Also, making the decision once at the start is about as much use as a 
chocolate teapot, since you might well stay connected to a CPU server 
for days. In a 'real' system you might wish to choose the cpu 
with the fast link to the fileserver where your files live.
  

Nigel Roles