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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Functions vs Filters</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/03/04/slowing-output.aspx</link><description>In my previous entry, I referred to Rsbohn's blog PowerShell $Profile and his function to slow down output function slowly ($tempo=100) { process { $_; Start-Sleep -milliseconds $tempo}} This is a good candidate for a FILTER. A filter is function that</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>re: Functions vs Filters</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/03/04/slowing-output.aspx#1851420</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:17:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1851420</guid><dc:creator>rsbohn</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Funny, I just read about FILTERs in Bruce Payette's book. Now if I can just figure out Chapter 8...&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Functions vs Filters</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/03/04/slowing-output.aspx#5365052</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:55:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5365052</guid><dc:creator>Joel Bennett</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;So uhm (I know this is late, but this is still the #1 Google hit for Functions vs Filters): _Why_ would it be better as a filter? Is it just because the filter name would let everyone know that all it has is a process block? &amp;nbsp;Or is there some actual benefit to this...&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>