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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: 12 May 1996 19:07:42 GMT
Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik
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In article <Dr79oJ.3Bt@iglou.com>, bmarcum@iglou.iglou.com (Bill Marcum) writes:
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>From: bmarcum@iglou.iglou.com (Bill Marcum)
>Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs
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>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 

This is not true. The limit for disk volumes for VMS releases prior to
6.0 was 8.5 Gbyte. Since 6.0 it is one terabyte.

>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.       

Henry

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