Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: ZOO/ARC Discussion Message-ID: <21414@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 4 May 88 17:51:49 GMT References: <827@uvm-gen.UUCP> <10681@steinmetz.ge.com> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices Lines: 12 Keywords: Zoo Arc In article <10681@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: . There are two major reasons why people want to use zoo over arc; .(a) features such as comments and subdirectories, and (b) performance, .since zoo is 5-8 times faster than arc *in UNIX*. Neither of these are .compelling reasons, and I think the choice should be left to the poster Subdirectories unimportant? I suggest you've been using PCs too long. -- Make Japan the 51st state! I speak for myself, not the company. Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com