On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:29:54 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) alleged:
> Wes Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
>
> 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."
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Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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