Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:56:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2) Message-ID: <199907132156.OAA81180@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199907132138.OAA24282@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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:On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:27:54 -0700 (PDT)
: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote:
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: > You are assuming that the situation actually occurs. In real life,
: > it will not occur unless the critical server is running away with
: > memory.
: >
: > I have never, ever run one of BEST's servers out of swap. It has never
: > been an issue.
:
:In BEST's critical servers, maybe that's true. But applying your experience
:at BEST to the wide range of UNIX users is ... a bit ridiculous, I think :-)
:
: -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Jason, I am using real life situations to demonstrate my point. You are
perfectly welcome to use your own REAL-LIFE situations to demonstrate
yours. It is the real-life application that matters, not a worst-case
nightmare theory. No engineer designs systems based on nightmare
theories.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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