From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 13 14:57:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714FF14DD2 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:57:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id OAA81180; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:56:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:56:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199907132156.OAA81180@apollo.backplane.com> To: Jason Thorpe Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2) References: <199907132138.OAA24282@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG : :On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:27:54 -0700 (PDT) : Matthew Dillon wrote: : : > 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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message