>>>    % gzip -9 hello
>>>    % ./hello.gz
>>>    Hello world

> [W]hile there's no reason that *all* architectures shouldn't benefit
> from this neat hack, it does require putting gzip in the kernel.

That was my first thought too.

Now I'm not so sure.  Couldn't ld.so or ld.elf_so or whatever it's
called these days handle forking gunzip?  Or Am I Missing Something
(tm)?

> it probably kills demand paging though.  :)

I daresay. :)  And machines so cramped for disk space that they have to
resort to this trick are likely to be the ones shortest on swap. :(

					der Mouse

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