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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
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On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> No.  Every real system (non-simulator) with watchpoints at all has a
> finite number of them.  Usually no more than a handful.

However, some systems have lots of resources to put watchpoints.  An 
example is MIPS/Irix.

I think the real problem with this suggestion is elsewehere; see my other 
message in this thread.