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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!iglou!bmarcum From: bmarcum@iglou.iglou.com (Bill Marcum) Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iglou Message-ID: <Dr79oJ.3Bt@iglou.com> Sender: news@iglou.com (News Administrator) Organization: IgLou Internet Services (1-800-436-4456) References: <Oum-El-Kheir.Benkahla-3004961724540001@mac-ugm-3.imag.fr> <4mr76q$t8i@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4mu7is$sro@web.nmti.com> <4mv2r7$ld3@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 17:24:19 GMT Lines: 18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22636 comp.unix.bsd.misc:999 In article <4mv2r7$ld3@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>, Henry G. Juengst <juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de> wrote: > >the author of the source code). The problem was the binary compatibility. >This also a problem for unix. Anyway, you impute that 32-bit address >space (in fact 31 for the applications) is a problem. 31-bit address >space means 2 Gigabyte memory. If it is a problem for you, you should >discuss that in comp.os.vms or alt.stupidity. > 32-bit address space also means 2 Gbyte disk drives or partitions, which is a stupid limit nowadays. I wouldn't be surprised to see systems with gigabytes of RAM becoming commonplace in five or ten years. -- Bill Marcum bmarcum@iglou.com On 22 July, 1996, at 6:00 pm GMT, everyone in the world just START HUMMING. Those who don't know will freak.