Re: Swap overcommit (was Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2))

[David Brownlee]

On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:

>     I'm sorry, but when you write code for a safety related system you
>     do not dynamically allocate memory at all.  It's all essentially static.
>     There is no issue with the memory resource.  Besides, none of the BSD's are
>     certified for any of that stuff that I know of.
> 
>     What's next:  A space shot?  These what-if scenarios are getting
>     ridiculous.

        Well, NetBSD is slated to be used in the 'Space Acceleration
        Measurement System II', measuring the microgravity environment on
        the International Space Station using a distributed system based
        on several NetBSD/i386 boxes.

        Sometimes your 'what-if' senarios are others' standard operating
        procedures.

                David/absolute

       What _is_, what _should be_, and what _could be_ are all distinct.





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