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0 pointsFloegipoky6y ago0 comments

To expand on this, by allowing preemption on function calls and simply not providing a loop mechanism, you can guarantee an upper bound on how long a process may need to wait until it can be scheduled.

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cbsmith6y ago

Guarantee is a strong term. If you have an infinite number of processes to running, there aren't guarantees on how long until it is scheduled.

Similarly, with cooperative multi-tasking as in Gevent, you can manipulate scheduling to try to provide better guarantees about wait times. It's just... you can't ignore the problem.

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cbsmith6y ago

Guarantee is a strong term. If you have an infinite number of processes to running, there aren't guarantees on how long until it is scheduled.

Similarly, with cooperative multi-tasking as in Gevent, you can manipulate scheduling to try to provide better guarantees about wait times. It's just... you can't ignore the problem.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse