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From: gore@eecs.nwu.edu (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Do OS's slow down with age?  (was: DDJ article / UNIX vs BS/2)
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Date: 14 Jan 89 02:46:27 GMT
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/ comp.unix.questions / gregg@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Wonderly) / Jan 13, 1989 /
>I wrote a long term scheduler ...
>It separates the users into two groups, those at base prio 4 and those
>at base prio 5.  When it determines that you are busy with the CPU, it
>will put you into the 4 group.  When you become idle again it puts you
>back into the 5 group (login interactive base prio is 5).

Interesting.  Isn't this what the floating priority (don't remember the VMS
term) is supposed to do?

Jacob Gore				Gore@EECS.NWU.Edu
Northwestern Univ., EECS Dept.		{oddjob,gargoyle,att}!nucsrl!gore