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From: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs
Date: 9 May 1996 18:24:37 GMT
Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik
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Sender: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
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In article <4mt4j6$b32@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <4msovu$aep@innocence.interface-business.de>,
>J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de> wrote:
>> juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) wrote:
>> > Unix magazines are full of "64 bit unix" advertisements now.
>
>I haven't got Henry's posting here yet, but I'll just note that UNIX has
>been running on long word length machines like Crays for many years.

It is stupid to talk about an article which was not quoted correct
(complete). You do not know what you are talking about. The most
important point seems to be that you talk.

>
>Why are there suddenly a bunch of ads? Because there's suddenly market
>demand for these sorts of systems at the low end. There wasn't before.
>
>Where did this demand come from? I'd say, the availability of cheap
>(relatively) and reliable 9GB SCSI drives, and the joint Oracle and
>Digital Equipment anouncement of their high-peformance large-address
>space database servers.
>
>-- 
>Peter da Silva    (NIC: PJD2)      `-_-'             1601 Industrial Boulevard
>Bailey Network Management           'U`             Sugar Land, TX  77487-5013
>+1 713 274 5180         "Har du kramat din varg idag?"                     USA
>Bailey pays for my technical expertise.        My opinions probably scare them

Henry

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