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Hi, I'm reading Operating System Concepts (7th Edition) , Written by Abraham , Peter & Greg. In chapter 5.3 , it talks about a schedule algorithm: SJF SJF means shortest jobs schedules firstly. To compare different process , thy use a process running time. e.g P1 takes 6 secs to run P2 takes 3 seconds P3 takes 10 secs Then we should put those tasks in array like this: P2 => P1 => P3 That looks much reasonable , but my question is , how does an OS know that a process will takes longer time to finish its life ? I think it's impossible to let OS know exactly how long a process will take to run. So far in my experience , i think there's a few ways to compare Process running time: Forgive me if i have a poor experience on OS ;-) I) Number of Loops in a Program , can be detected by compiler As long as you have any loops , you are slower than any straight ahead program II) Length of Program , longer code takes longer time sometimes , not a good way. Anyone wants to share some experience with me ? Be very glad to hear your voice ;-) - -- Best Regards, Aaron Lewis - PGP: 0x4A6D32A0 FingerPrint EA63 26B2 6C52 72EA A4A5 EB6B BDFE 35B0 4A6D 32A0 irc: A4r0n on freenode Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvLCq4ACgkQvf41sEptMqB/tgCgickA4qHtRxw7TpkAIi6ghHbz x+kAoKaMkC0FU7NLioMw1hvhEuOvifO/ =S080 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----