Re: relatively simple hack to lookup login-names (fwd)

From: Naved A Surve (naved@bird.taponline.com)
Date: 12/17/95 

In message <9512180520.AA15420@homer.louisville.edu> you said:
> I can't wait, no more lag from gethostbyaddr *bounce*.

Profile those fork() calls though, its one of the slowest system calls!  If
your platform supports vfork() use that, but plain old fork() is a major
performance hit.


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