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From: ross@ulowell.UUCP (Ross)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: sticky bit obsolete?
Message-ID: <634@ulowell.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Aug-86 21:31:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: ulowell.634
Posted: Fri Aug  8 21:31:07 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 11-Aug-86 03:06:01 EDT
References: <16@vianet.UUCP>
Reply-To: ross@ulowell.UUCP (Ross)
Organization: University of Lowell
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Summary: DG MV10000SX needs sticky for C compiler. 

In article <16@vianet.UUCP> devine@vianet (Bob Devine) writes:
>
>  Here is a question to people porting UNIX (and derivatives) to fast
>machines:  is the sticky bit idea worthwhile?   That is, on machines
>with slow disks it was worth keeping the text in the swap area, but,
>with faster disks and more memory, has the sticky bit become obsolete?

Well I have found on a DG MV10000/SX, a machine that is supposed to be fast
and occasionaly is, running DG/UX, that if the C compiler loader and 
other good stuff is installed sticky, it runs in about 1/4 the time if
not installed sticky.  Could be the immaturity of the OS though. 

						Ross Miller

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