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From: shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Is there a limit to create sockets on UNIX??
Message-ID: <1307@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: 2 Aug 90 22:53:13 GMT
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In article <8290@pitt.UUCP> jonathan@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes:
>While true that most UNIX systems are limited by static resource limits, not 
>all are.  
>
>Known counterexample: AIX 3.1 for the RS/6000 (limit = 2000).

Did you mean to say this?  2000 sure sounds like a [big] limit to me.

Work is being done on dynamically allocating system tables.  Some folks
from DEC gave a presentation on their work in this area at the Summer
'88 Usenix meeting.
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Melinda Shore                             shore@mtxinu.com
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