[Info-vax] DCL "READ/TIME_OUT=n" from terminal; timer resets if message written to screen

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-22, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>
> Who here thinks that a broadcast should reset an input timeout timer? 

Never. It's utter nonsense to think it should. That timeout was given by
the programmer for a reason.

> Principle of least surprise and all.
>

Well, it's certainly something I didn't know about.

Simon.

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