PWG Mail Archive: What exactly does "busy" really mean?

What exactly does "busy" really mean?

JK Martin (jkm@underscore.com)
Sat, 24 Aug 96 16:55 EDT

Ron Bergman, in response to a previous message from Tom Hastings, wrote:

> > | Busy means that the printer or sub-unit is not able to accept print
> > | jobs for some period of time.
>
> There already is a definition for "Busy" in 2.2.13.2. Is this
> sentence to replace the present definition or added to it?

The definition of "busy" is getting stranger and stranger by the minute.
Exactly how is a software developer supposed to interpret the concept of
"busy"?

Can someone offer a concrete metaphor or similar analogy for how one is
supposed to interpret "busy"?

...jay