Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!7103_2622
From: 7103_2622@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Announcing a new multitasking system for the ST
Message-ID: <7047.26f7da1c@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 20 Sep 90 00:50:36 GMT
References: <7026.26f67178@uwovax.uwo.ca> <5826@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu>
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In article <5826@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu>, joe@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu (Joseph T. Rohde) writes:
> I have a request.  How about an update of the 0.5 version at
> atari.archive so that we can get it right away. (I use 0.5
> all the time, It's great. ... )

Good idea; I'll send it up later tonight or early tomorrow, when I
get a chance. (And thanks for the compliment! I'm glad people are
actually using it in the real world.)

> ps. Are we going to see a way to lie to process' about how
>     much memory there is so that greedy programs can be
>     forced to share? (Or did I miss a feature already in it?)

In 0.6 there's a system call to limit process' total memory, allocated
memory, and CPU time. A standard utility ("limit") is provided that
lets you run programs with limits enabled.

Other new features of 0.6 are: alarm(), pause(), and select() system
calls, improved tty handling (^C and ^Z take effect immediately),
and faster pipes and pseudo-ttys.
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