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From: bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Unix Scheduling: More Info Needed
Message-ID: <570007@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 24 Mar 88 23:22:00 GMT
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Organization: HP SEMC, Cupertino, CA
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L. Brett Glass (rogue@well.UUCP) writes:
> I've received a few responses so far to my query regarding UNIX scheduling
> algorithms, all detailing the techniques used in implementations of
> UNIX System V. However, I've received no information about 4.2 or 4.3
> BSD, and am interested in finding out how (if at all) the scheduling
> algorithms used in these versions differ.

See John S. Quarterman's excellent article in _ACM_Computing_Surveys_,
vol. 17, number 4 (December 1985), "4.2BSD and 4.3BSD as Examples of
the UNIX System."

-- bd