| PwNzAgE33> | ok so in assembly language we learned that processes in the cpu get set priority levelsPwNzAgE33: 0-7, 7 being the highest priority |
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PwNzAgE33> | this is the example the book gives |
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PwNzAgE33> | "For example, a computer's payroll program may run overnight, and at PL0. It has all night to finish - not terribly urgent. A program that corrects for a nuclear power plant current surge may run at PL6. We are perfectly happy to let the payroll wait while the nuclear power correction keeps us from being blown to bits." |
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PwNzAgE33> | this begs two questions |
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PwNzAgE33> | first |
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PwNzAgE33> | who in the hell is running payroll and a nuclear power surge correction on the same machine |
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PwNzAgE33> | and second, if nuclear power surge correction gets PL6, what on God's green earth gets a fucking PL7? |
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