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From: gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Re:  Adding a nice field to a.out headers???
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 19:00:24 EST
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Trying to override the automatic scheduler mechanisms by setting "nice"
levels etc. can actually degrade performance.  Also, not all UNIX
schedulers work identically and most are not very good under heavy load.