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...orist it's an unnecessary optimization and a (to use your words) "performance hack", but I'm interested in a Real operating system --- not a research toy. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Theodore Ts'o bloom-beacon!mit-athena!tytso 308 High St., Medford, MA 02155 ty...@athena.mit.edu Everybody's playing the game, but nobody's rules are the same!
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