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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!watserv1!norton.uwaterloo.ca!bcwhite
  3. From: bcwhite@norton.uwaterloo.ca (Brian C. White)
  4. Subject: Re: Need ideas on gpp problems
  5. Message-ID: <BzJDqK.LHz@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
  6. Sender: news@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
  7. Organization: University of Waterloo
  8. References: <1992Dec4.150851.1@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com> <1gqd5kINNdkp@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec19.054041.3991@microware.com>
  9. Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 02:32:43 GMT
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  11.  
  12. In article <1992Dec19.054041.3991@microware.com> smcgee@microware.com (Scott McGee) writes:
  13. >One trick I found for "sometimes" getting around such problems is to do a
  14. >shell #1000000
  15. >just before a command that needs a lot of ram. That will boot all the sticky
  16. >modules out of memory but still fail for lack of mem, resulting in a null
  17. >command. Cute trick. (I got it from my boss!)
  18.  
  19. I always use "unlink #99999" just because I like the idea of "unlinking
  20. memory".
  21.  
  22.                                         Brian
  23.  
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  29.       Any given  program contains at least  one bug and can  be shortened
  30.             by one  instruction.   Therefore, all  programs can  be
  31.                 shortened  to one instruction that won't  work.
  32.