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- From: hendis@aix1.danadata.dk (Henrik Dissing)
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- Subject: Re: Executive Probs with Maple
- Date: 13 Jan 96 00:27:55 +0100
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- On 12-Jan-96 17:15:12, David Meyer wrote:
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- >: WGJ> Well, I'm not. Executive is a "system hack", which I presume does not
- >:
- >: IMO, the author of Executive deserves kudos for his implementation. It is a
- >: universal tool that enhances the functionality of the machine, potentially
- >: for all users, and implemented with great care to system compatibility. It
- >: does not DESERVE the definition "hack", but rather to be incorporated
- >: (directly or indirectly) into WB 4.0.
- >:
- > While I agree with your opinion re:kudos, and re:incorporating it
- > into WB4.0, it is still a "system hack". By definition. Deserved or not.
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- Define "system hack", then.
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- In my book, a system hack is something that replaces certain aspects of
- "The Operating System" or somehow alters the behaviour of it.
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- It's a common misconception that Executive replaces (parts of) the
- task-switching mechanism in exec.library. It does not.
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- Executive merely monitors the CPU-usage and priorities of all tasks and
- assigns new priorities to some of them. In principle this is the same as
- running a utility that can display current priorities (a "hack"?) and
- deciding to alter some of them with C:ChangeTaskPri.
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