On Sat, 3 May 2008 14:14:02 -0400, J R wrote: >> Why is a deadly embrace caused by an authorized program deemed >> less harmful than one caused by an unauthorized program? > >I suspect you know that's not what I meant. > >I think the assumption is that, if you are writing authorized code, >you know what you are doing and will take precautions to avoid >deadlocks or detect and recover from them. > Is it proper, then, to make the assumption that if two authorized programs fall into a deadlock with each other, and fail to detect or recover, a developer didn't know what he was doing, and at least one of the programs should be APARable?
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