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- From: rjf@lincroftnj.ncr.com (51351[efw]-Robert Feddeler(MT4799)T343)
- Subject: Re: developing under sys 5 unix
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.202845.12276@lincroftnj.ncr.com>
- Organization: AT&T/NCR, Lincroft, NJ, USA
- References: <1993Jan11.190843.6808@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:28:45 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.190843.6808@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> vahe@sparcy.Stanford.EDU (Vahe Avedissian) writes:
- >I don't know if anyone else has the same experience,
- >but I am always frustrated, and my patience tested
- >when developing on SGI or other machines running
- >Sys 5 unix.
- >
- >The real annoying thing is once you run a program
- >with a bug, the system tends to completely stop responding
- >to interrupts or anything else, the windowing
- >system and manager are rendered unresponsive too.
- >You just sit there and wait for the system to eventually
- >(i.e. anywhere from 3 - 10 minutes or so) core dump.
- >
-
- I've experienced this a few of times. The bug always turns out
- to be an out-of-control recursive function. The process eventually
- runs out of swap space or exceeds the limits on process virtual memory
- as the stack grows. It takes a while to page all that stack out, and
- then read it back and write the 'core' file.
-
- Try a smaller, faster disk... {8^)
-
-
- bob. | Heap big trouble in the land of plenty.
- Were these more than just my opinions, they would have cost a bit more.
-