[H-GEN] Priorities

[Robert Stanford]

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What is the logic behind negative nice values having higher priorities
than positive ones? At first glance it seems a bit backwards, but I'm 
sure there must be a good (and unknown to me) reason for it.

In fact how come they range from -20 to +19, why not 0-39 ?
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Robert Stanford <rob at rotapile.com>


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