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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: UNIX limits (was Re: All about sys 7.0 <long>)
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.194158.3258@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 27 Mar 91 19:41:58 +1200
References: <1991Mar21.095051.29206@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <593@genco.bungi.com> <11391@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <1991Mar26.153602.276@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Mar26.153602.276@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu
(Steve Dorner) challenges:

"...name one way you have to watch resource usage under UNIX that wouldn't
ALSO apply to the Macintosh."

How about this: no more than 20 files open per process under UNIX
(hard-coded limit, not configurable)? Versus the configurable systemwide
number on the Mac (default 40).

Has this limit been lifted or loosened up in current versions of UNIX?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
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Those who make remarks about expanded and extended memory under DOS
should remember that the idea of using a device driver to access
memory originated with UNIX.