>>Not disagreeing, but I do think that the cycles are being used in a different way today, more to our advantage.
>>I think spellcheck might be an example.
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>Even a better example is how a Windows message queue processes messages. Ever use Spy++ from the VS tools to view messages that an app receives? It's amazing that the whole thing doesn't slow to a crawl.

Boy, have you got that right! Whenever I work with that feature, I have to remember to mark what messages I'm interested in. Otherwise, I can't see what's going on.