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From: arensb@cvl.umd.edu (Andrew Arensburger)
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Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Summary: Good scheduling algorithms needed!
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Date: 9 Feb 89 18:29:08 GMT
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	Peterson and Silberschatz (_Operating_System_Concepts_, Addison-
Wesley, 2nd edition, p.121) point out the importance of good scheduling
algorithms when one is designing an operating system:

	"Rumor has it that when they closed down the 7094 at MIT in 1973,
they found a low-priority job that had been submitted in 1967 and had not
yet been run."