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From: dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: What kind of things would you wnat in the GNU OS
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Date: 1 Jun 89 14:44:51 GMT
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>From: Rex_E._Robards.DlosLV@xerox.com
>
>Three things that should not be in an efficient OS:
>	1) virtual memory
>	2) symbolic links
>	3) long file names (BSD directories)

There's a tradeoff between efficiency and functionality.  Personally,
I'm not willing to give up all of the above listed items for even a
50% increase in efficiency, which I don't think could be achieved even
if we could agree on a measure of efficiency.

You're welcome to hack them out of your copy of GNU, though.

-Dave (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil)