Hi folks,
On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 16:43:42 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> While you may be correct that some Arachne buffers are possibly too small,
> this shouldn't be a problem with cookies as they are stored in a file with
> no size limit, and that file can be accessed by a buffer as small as one
> byte. Of course that is STUPID, and Arachne better NOT access any files
> via a one byte buffer. :(
> There is a possibliity that she has an arbitrarily small limit on the size
> of a single cookie, and that should be changed if it is the case. <g>
> As for minimizing total buffer size because of the 640k memory limit, that
> too could be the case, but 16 bit Netscape 3.04 has no problem here.
Since Netscape is a Windoze program it has not to care about memory 'cuz
memory management is done by windoze which runs not in real mode.
> If there isn't enough space for buffers, it's because core.exe has too
> much of itself loaded at one time !
This is one reason why older programs used "overlay" techniques to have
more memory free at runtime (look at ancient "Wordstar" versions).
Regards Joerg
-- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
