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- From: rsalz@osf.org (Rich Salz)
- Subject: Re: Shell Scripts vs. C programs
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.142212.29524@osf.org>
- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <121@steiny.com> <1992Sep1.173604.15563@u.washington.edu> <FRIEDMAN.92Sep2045423@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:22:12 GMT
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- In <FRIEDMAN.92Sep2045423@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman) writes:
- >fork is expensive and it's not going to get better any time soon ...
- > and exec is even worse
- I am totally dismayed and depressed by this attitude: "The OS isn't fast
- enough so I will glom all the features I might ever need into my program."
- Is it not totally obvious to you that this mindset is BROKEN!?
-
- Looking at the poster's domain, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
- However, I fear for the FSF OS.
- /r$
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