Re: terminate applications

["Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com>]

Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Moreover, I do not believe that there are many (if any at all) "perfectly
> good reasons" for unsafely killing yourself. 

Taken out of context, I certainly have to agree.  If you are going to 
kill yourself you should do it as safely as possible. ;-)

But back to the matter under discussion, I have worked on programs where 
a great deal of effort was "wasted" proving that a task could be killed 
within X milliseconds.  The advantage to defining the type of two-stage 
kill I recommend is that it allows time for "last wishes," and for 
things that can terminate cleanly to do so.  But when you hit the time 
limit, then you get the brute force.

-- 

                                                        Robert I. Eachus

�In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are 
insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. 
Will he aim at your enemy?� -- from the Laiden novels by Sharon Lee and 
Steve Miller.