Re: Links vs. aliases

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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1989 15:51

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><>As for speed - an alias will almost always be slower than a (hard)
><>link when they do the same thing. This is because invoking the alias

Not to flame anybody in particular, but what difference does it make
if it take .025sec or .25sec or whatever?

Links or aliases would certainly be handy, but their
use would be relatively rare, compared to non-linked files.

REAL NAME: Joe Porkka   jap@frith.egr.msu.edu

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Subject: Re: Links vs. aliases
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