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RE: Application perceptions (was Re: MIDRANGE-L digest, Vol 1 #776 - 16 msgs )

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Jim Damato wrote:

> > Tom Liotta:
> >As additional applications were built/installed and the system workload
> >increased, the loop cycles would be reduced. This prevented any perception
> >that the system was getting slower and, properly handled, could even make
> >it seem to be getting faster.
>
> If you're really smart you'll set up the loop cycles in a control table --
> by user.

And if you're *really* smart you will use the sleep() system call so you
don't waste cpu cycles burning through loops.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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