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From: ted@hpwrce.HP.COM ( Ted Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Need info on multitasking capabilities on the mac
Message-ID: <7430022@hpwrce.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Nov 89 17:51:21 GMT
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>>[some deleted text]    Nice the job  
>
>Come on now.  Who actually does this?  Besides, in examining the

I usually use nice(1) to be NOT nice, when I want something to
get done in a hurry (e.g., nice --19 cpu_pig).
Unfortunately, the effect of the negative nice doesn't last long,
since the scheduler detects that cpu_pig is cpu-bound, and quickly
degrades its priority.

-Ted