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Bj�rn Persson wrote:
> That's fine for *threads* (for some applications), not for *processes* 
> in a general-purpose operating system. If a buggy program enters an 
> infinite loop you want to be able to kill it.

It's not unknown for this to happen when a buggy X Windows program grabs
the server and never lets go, and that's on a proper multitasking system.