From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sat,  5 Aug 1995 04:33:01 -0400
From: mkc@bull.se mkc@bull.se
Subject: 387 required? *and* Memory errors? Mothra sucks?
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Daniel Egnor writes about Plan 9 dealing poorly with memory errors and
gives this example of rc code:

>   fn ls { lc -F }

> (If you're clever you'll figure out why this loops -- it took me a while, since
> I wasn't used to the system) will very quickly cause an 8MB machine to scroll
> "No physical memory" messages all over the screen.  

I did that too, under AIX, the IBM (and Bull) Unix. My rc was over 15
MB before I killed the process. Oops. The memory in the machine is 288
MB, though, so I didn't have to go through what you describe. Anyway,
it's not just Plan 9 that deals poorly with out-of-memory
situations. Look at your vanilla Unix system and see what it does...

Mikael Cardell, Dharma Hacker <mkc@bull.se>
/* No, I don't speak for Bull */