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From: bruceb@amiga.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: File Handler's, Memory Solutions (swish)
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Date: Thu, 1-May-86 14:28:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  1 14:28:18 1986
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In article <8604301613.AA07782@cory> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
> [...]
>	Most importantly, the system should return 'Fails' to user processes 
>which request memory when there is less than, say, 10% memory left (that way,
>the system isn't likely to run out of memory at a critical time)
>
>				-Matt
:-) What a great idea! (-:  ...except that "the system" doesn't know if it is
the user or "the system" requesting the memory.  Thank you but I don't
think ignoring 891,289 bytes of RAM on a 8.5 meg machine is useful.  The
system, although not perfect does its best (so far) to exit from low
memory conditions gracefully.  For example windows stop moving and sizing.
We are working to mak this even better and more robust.
--Bruce Barrett