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Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration |
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Mon, 2 Nov 1998 05:34:16 -0500 (EST) |
> Leonid Pauzner wrote:
>
> > We recommend using executable packers like gzexe instead,
>
> "we"?
>
> Executable packers like gzexe act *directly* *against* NHE's goals.
> They are appropriate only for single-user systems. Even there, they
> cause *more* memory to be used. They save only disk space.
>
> On a multiuser system, like Unix, the executable code of a program that
> is being run by multiple users is shared in memory. However, if you use
They're also useful on single user's shell accounts (for example, if I were
to do it for my ISP account). I think that's what LP was talking about.
> >Bela<
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