Re: kill_task(task_id())

• Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:05:08 PST
• From:
  Pavel Curtis <pavel@parc.xerox.com>
• In-reply-to: Jay Carlson's message of "Sun, 21 Jan 1996 18:13:44 PST" <199601220213.VAA03631@k2.ccs.neu.edu>

Jay Carlson writes:
> > Of course, they can still do any of the following:
> >	suspend($maxint)
> >	while (1) endwhile
> >	x = "x"; while (1) x = x + x; endwhile
> > any of which will do just as much damage as calling kill_task(task_id())...
> 
> That last one will do a lot more damage.

Actually, in my experience, it tends to run out of seconds long before it could
run you out of virtual memory.  With a little more care, though...

	Pavel

• Re: kill_task(task_id())
• From: Jay Carlson <nop@nop.com>

• Prev: Re: kill_task(task_id())
• Next: LambdaCore correction: $mail_agent:resolve_addr
• Index: MOO-cows
• Thread: MOO-cows