+1 and we are not users. We are programmers :) Stef
> I disagree. I think it is good if the VM is able to adapt so in the case > where no switch is used the VM does its best to adapt to the requirements. > But there are _always_ use cases where you need to fine-tune. If you have an > application that leaks memory you certainly want to restrict the maximum > memory it can waste. Theoretically this happens when the OS runs out of > memory and so the application will die. But before doing this secondary > memory is allocated (mostly swap space) that when used kills the whole > machine instead of just your application. The alternative is to use the OS to > limit the resource (e.g. using ulimit) which is not working all the time. > > I think having those switches and being able to ignore them for most of the > time is a good model to head for. > > Norbert > >
