sticky bit obsolete?

[Ross]

In article <16 at vianet.UUCP> devine at vianet (Bob Devine) writes:
>
>  Here is a question to people porting UNIX (and derivatives) to fast
>machines:  is the sticky bit idea worthwhile?   That is, on machines
>with slow disks it was worth keeping the text in the swap area, but,
>with faster disks and more memory, has the sticky bit become obsolete?

Well I have found on a DG MV10000/SX, a machine that is supposed to be fast
and occasionaly is, running DG/UX, that if the C compiler loader and 
other good stuff is installed sticky, it runs in about 1/4 the time if
not installed sticky.  Could be the immaturity of the OS though. 

						Ross Miller

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