Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman | Date | Sat, 27 Mar 1999 20:08:25 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <Pine.SOL.3.95.990327195000.24318M-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>, Alexan der Viro writes: +----- | > wasted space in the blocks is irrelevant -- you're going to get that | > no matter what. | | Ahem... Forgot to count ELF signature and headers, didn't you? Minimal | /bin/true being #!/bin/sh - 10 bytes (you'll need newline at the end). | Al, expecting one more nastygram from Richard now ;-/ +--->8
No, but one from me: the minimal /bin/true is 0 bytes. :-) And nicely disproves the "wasted space in the blocks" comment: how many blocks does an 0-byte file take?
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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