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Re: a Scheduler question...



On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, mulix wrote:

>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Ira Abramov wrote:
>>
>> > of it? whay would anyone WANT it to decay automatically?!
>>
>> i can think of several reasons, but they all come down to "make the
>> admin's job easier". however, i find this rather brain-dead, since it
>> stands in direct contradiction with my One True Law of Computers -
>> they should do *only* and *exactly* what you tell them to.
>
> agreed. if I want a decay, I'll ask for it, specifying the rate and
> other parameters (or conditions) of when and how to do it.
>
> well, thanks.

don't mention it. sched.c makes for rather interesting reading.

>
> --
> He who must not be named
> Ira Abramov

ooh, a lovely paradox.
-- 
mulix

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