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Date:      Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:40:07 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2) 
Message-ID:  <199907132340.QAA01988@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:38:46 PDT." <199907132338.QAA25458@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> 

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> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:29:50 -0700 
>  Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote:
> 
>  > You can make the "overcommit or not overcommit" option a switch, but 
>  > the consumers of the system (may) need to change their behaviour as 
>  > well.
> 
> I never said they wouldn't have to.

"Making it just a switch" does not imply "must modify other parts of 
the kernel and userspace to avoid incompatible dysfunction".  Since 
you were setting your argument up _against_ that point, it was 
reasonable to infer that you were specifically excluding those cases.

Please stop trolling; you've demonstrated your total disinterest in 
contributing anything positive in this conversation; do us a favor and 
bow out (you can take your toadies with you).

-- 
\\  The mind's the standard       \\  Mike Smith
\\  of the man.                   \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\    -- Joseph Merrick           \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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