On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Bill Stoddard wrote: > M Joonas Pihlaja wrote: > > However, I fear the ripple effect > No kidding :-) If your app has exhausted memory, your reduced to > playing a never ending game of 'whack-a-mole' by attempting to tolerate > all of the ensuing > 'bad stuff' that happens.
Well... it's only 'bad stuff' if you didn't see it coming. ;) > The only OS that I am personally acquainted > with that has a robust designed-in model for dealing with low/no memory > conditions is IBM's zOS. It's not like a low memory situation for one program means that the entire operating system has to croak any time soon, not even under UNIX. I do agree, though, that every layer of an application must have a robust strategy for dealing with resource limits, or the whole program will come down like a house of cards at an inappropriate moment. Cheers, Joonas
