The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>
>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> Andy Burns wrote:
>>>
>>>> Or the OOMK will "off" a greedy process or two :-(
>>>
>>> thats a serious error
>>
>> That is the designed response to out of memory conditions on every
>> flavour of unix I know, what else would you suggest ?
>
> I wouldn't. I am not saying the behaviour is wrong or inappropriate,
> just that it is in fact always pretty *serious*.
And it usually kills a process that is the last one you'd choose
yourself ...
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