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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:28:22 -0500
From: Daniel Barclay <Daniel DOT Barclay AT digitalfocus DOT com>
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Subject: Re: long command lines (off topic by now)
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 04:43:44PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> >"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
> >>
> >> At 10:52 AM 1/29/2001, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> >> >...
> >> >I thought GNU software tried to avoid arbitrary limit like that.  Shouldn't
> >> >the only limit be virtual memory?
> >> >
...
> >> I'm sure you can find your answer in the source if you're interested.
> >
> >What's up with your attitude?
> 
> What, specifically, are you objecting to?  The suggestion that you could
> figure this out for yourself by looking at the sources?\

Yes, because this (intended behavior) is NOT something that likely can be
figured out from the sources (actual behavior).  

Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
Digital Focus
Daniel DOT Barclay AT digitalfocus DOT com

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