Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:
> Quiz for scheduler "want to be authors":
>
> Given:
> A two man racing team.
> Race is 100 Km in length.
> The first team member drives the first half at 50Km/hr.
>
> Question 1:
> How fast must the second driver drive the second
> half of the race for the TEAM to average 100Km/hour?
Andrey Andreev (correctly) answered:
> The only way the team would average 100 km/h along the length of the
> race is, as far as my imagination goes, the unlikely event that the
> second driver quantum teleports to the finish line instantly. Either
> that, or fall into a conveniently placed wormhole or something.
>
Mitch's second question was:
> Essay, How the heck does this apply to the Linux scheduler.
Andro asked:
> Seriously, how the heck does this apply to the Linux scheduler???
One possible drawback with a scheduler is that it spends so much time
trying to work out the Right Thing To Do that it never gives the system
the chance to do it: gettting on with something vaguely productive might
get things done faster.
James.
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