[geeks] Solaris 10 networking is giving me fits

[William Kirkland]

On Sep 22, 2006, at 13:55, geeks-request at sunhelp.org wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:19:08 -0700
> From: "Sheldon T. Hall" <shel at tandem.artell.net>
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Solaris 10 networking is giving me fits
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org
>> [mailto:geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Sridhar Ayengar
>> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:26 AM
>> To: The Geeks List
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] Solaris 10 networking is giving me fits
>>
>> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>>> I think it was the Circuit City UNIX test I took that asked
>> me what kind
>>> of garbage collection algorithm the C library malloc() routine used.
>>
>> And what was the "correct answer"?

The correct answer is -- none!

The question is bogus only if another answer is expected.

>
> One day a student came to Moon and said: "I understand how to make  
> a better
> garbage collector. We must keep a reference count of the pointers  
> to each
> cons."
>
> Moon patiently told the student the following story:
>
> "One day a student came to Moon and said: `I understand how to make  
> a better
> garbage collector...
>
> </jargonFile>
>
> -Shel

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