[H-GEN] Priorities

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Thu Jun 5 22:36:49 EDT 2003


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On Thu, 6 Jun 2003, Robert Stanford wrote:

> 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 ?

I'm reasonably sure that originally nice values were only positive and
that negative nice values were only added later.  So I guess it could be
seen as historical.

I actually like this arrangement - the idea of 0 niceness being the
default sits well with me.  Afterall, a positive value means you are being
nice to other users while a negative value means you are hogging the cpu
:)

Rob

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