Are we/will we be/ advised to set this limit with some Operating system switch (evidently OS dependent), or within the J configuration? Does 9!:21 do the job perhaps?
Thanks, Mike Sent from my iPad > On 3 Dec 2022, at 13:49, Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a good point. Is there any place in the Wiki for practical tips > like this? > > Henry Rich > >> On 12/3/2022 7:23 AM, bill lam wrote: >> Sometimes this happens to me too when the process allocated far more memory >> than physical ram available. The disk swapping for virtual memory prevented >> any mouse click or keyboard response. The problem only way to stop it is to >> long pressing the power button. >> >> Therefore sometimes I want to set a lower limit of virtual memory. It is >> better to trigger out of memory crash than waiting indefinitely and finally >> power off the computer. >> >>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2022 at 8:14 PM Richard Donovan <rsdono...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Elijah; >>> >>> Most times I can’t even get in to task manager. As this problem crashes >>> the whole system and causes the need for a reboot, I am obviously loathe to >>> try to recreate it!ick Next time it happens I wrepost with more info! >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Programming <programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com> on behalf of >>> Elijah Stone <elro...@elronnd.net> >>> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 11:19:58 AM >>> To: J Programming <programm...@jsoftware.com> >>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Avoiding J crash >>> >>> Rebooting is a bit drastic; can you not kill j from task manager? >>> >>> Beyond that, break _should_ work. I can look into making it a bit more >>> responsive for long array operations, but am curious to know what >>> specifically >>> has caused you trouble. >>> >>>> On Fri, 2 Dec 2022, Richard Donovan wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Is there any way to avoid the situation whereby by error I put J into >>> an infinite loop from which the only recovery is to reboot my Windows >>> laptop? >>>> I guess that my erroneous routine is locking the CPU to such a such an >>> extent that I can’t even get to run Jbreak. >>>> I quite often receive a recoverable situation when a limit has been >>> exceeded but if I get the infinite loop situation I have lost my entire >>> session and have to start again. >>>> I really need a global setting which limits the amount of cpu usage and >>> aborts a function before it gets out of hand. >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
