Re: [opensource-dev] [server-beta] Script Memory ManagementAlgorithm

2010-03-10 Thread Maggie Leber (sl: Maggie Darwin)
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Lear Cale wrote: > Which is what we mean by "cost".  Price is what you are asked to pay. > Cost is what you actually pay. When discussing performance, "cost" would refer to what actually impacts performance, as in "an expensive calculation". Here the script memo

Re: [opensource-dev] [server-beta] Script Memory ManagementAlgorithm

2010-03-10 Thread Lear Cale
Which is what we mean by "cost". Price is what you are asked to pay. Cost is what you actually pay. Thus the phrase "cost/benefit analysis" -- not "price/benefit analysis". On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Maggie Leber (sl: Maggie Darwin) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Lear Cale w

Re: [opensource-dev] [server-beta] Script Memory ManagementAlgorithm

2010-03-10 Thread Maggie Leber (sl: Maggie Darwin)
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Lear Cale wrote: > When we say how much memory a script is "actually using", that means > the amount of memory the script is making semantic usage of.  However, > the script is *allocated* a larger amount.  This larger amount is the > amount that matters to the s

Re: [opensource-dev] [server-beta] Script Memory ManagementAlgorithm

2010-03-10 Thread Lear Cale
There's a semantic issue here that we need to clear up. When we say how much memory a script is "actually using", that means the amount of memory the script is making semantic usage of. However, the script is *allocated* a larger amount. This larger amount is the amount that matters to the syste

Re: [opensource-dev] [server-beta] Script Memory ManagementAlgorithm

2010-03-09 Thread Kitty
> It might be possible to add display of memory currently used > as well, but what's the use case for it? It would allow residents to independently review the imposed script limits. Another use case would be because people *are* going to start banning residents based on what the script limits UI