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            Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> writes:
: > I think that a big amount of this could be reduced by using simple
: > arrays rather than lists which are more memory efficient...
: 
: but that just puts the problem a bit further away.

We have to do it.  If you don't have a file system to store a file,
then you cna't do this at all.  When you are fscking /, you don't have
a file system.  And if you have finished, nothing is yet mounted r/w.

Warner