on Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:29:33AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier (msoulier@storm.ca) wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 02:53:22AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Carl Johnson wrote: > > > I haven't tried imagemagick recently, but it's crashed my system > > > enough times over the years that I avoid it whenever possible. Unless > > > it has changed recently, it doesn't check memory. If it runs out of > > > memory it will keep trying until the system daemons run out of memory > > > and start crashing. I compared it against xv, xloadimage, and gimp, > > > and all of the others would abort an operation and give a warning when > > > they ran out of memory. Of course, if you have *lots* of memory, then > > > it's probably safe enough. > > > > This is what resource limits are for. > > Hmm. > > I'd argue that this is what good coding is for. I'd argue that this is what kernel-level memory-management is for, but that I'm more with Mike than Joey on this one, for a change. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Are these opinions my employer's? Hah! I don't believe them myself!
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