Re: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap an AS/400

That's what makes it an AS/400! It may run VERY SLOWLY, but never an orange
light or a hard lockup. Those days were gone (I thought) with V3.x and
certainly with V4.x. I do wonder, when someone says their 400 locked up, if
it wasn't still slowly churning thru the code. Even a runaway pgm is still
running. Sometimes it is faster to IPL, but not necessarily required. Hard
lockup is still a bug.
Never Reboot!
Jim Franz
www.ctlaltdel.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 3:04 PM
Subject: RE: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap an
AS/400


> 1. In a multi-programming system, no program should ever be allowed to
> monopolize any single resource or preclude another program from using a
> resource.  The operating system should detect that and prevent it.
>
> 2. At the lowest level, paragraph 1 is impossible.  It should do the best
> that it can.
>
> This means that I disagree with you about a progam that loops.  The OS
> should detect the event and act to prevent it from monopolizing the CPU.
>
mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Mark Walter
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 11:43 AM
> > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap an
> > AS/400
> >
> >
> > I'm sorry but a program that goes into a infinite loop and brings
> > a system to it's knees is not  the fault of the operating system.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leif Svalgaard [SMTP:leif@leif.org]
> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 2:26 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to
> > scrap an AS/400
> >
> > From: <pytel@us.ibm.com>
> > > Daniel,
> > > of course it is unpleasant when application locks up the system.
> > > But is operating system always to blame ?
> >
> > IMHO, yes.
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