Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:16:54 -0800 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: rwatson@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a serious error in sched_ule.c? Message-ID: <20040314211654.05d0bb9f.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpwu5tpxvh.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040309113959.26895J-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200403091201.23665.wes@softweyr.com> <xzpwu5tpxvh.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:29:54 +0100 des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) alleg=
ed:
> Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes:
> > One of the classic trade-offs in making a 'server' vs. 'workstation'
> > operating system. Workstations require a strong preference for
> > interactive over background tasks so the interactive tasks will
> > remain responsive, especially in terms of heavily event-driven tasks
> > like graphical UIs. For a true server, where interactive tasks are
> > not the norm, this preference may be counter-productive.
>=20
> Umm, remember that "interactive" here means "performs I/O", even if
> that I/O is a database lookup or a TCP connection.
Sigh. Nobody really does compute-bound tasks anymore, do they? I really
miss "scientific programming."
--=20
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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