It's not really customary to render the whole animation in one go anyways as it takes really long. Usually one would render part of the animation when the computer is not used and develop new parts of the animation in between. (or rendering on another system if you have the luxury of 2 computers)
I agree about the added flexibility of being able to have multiple camera's in one file though.

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