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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Large machines and tty naming conventions.
Message-ID: <8589@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 16:25:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 16 16:25:22 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Sep-87 16:25:22 EDT
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> (What we need is a directory lookup scheme that's better than linear
> search.  Anybody feel ambitious? :-)

I looked at hashed directories a few years ago and couldn't come up with
a scheme that really satisfied me...  but I didn't try enormously hard.
-- 
"There's a lot more to do in space   |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
than sending people to Mars." --Bova | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry