[MacRuby-devel] System crash - MacRuby priority

2010-11-06 Thread Robert Rice
I determined that my system crash was not due to an endless loop - rather due to a very inefficient algorithm. MacRuby seems to run at such a high priority that it can cause the system to crash - especially if a streaming video is running. Can I lower the priority of my MacRuby application? Th

Re: [MacRuby-devel] System crash - MacRuby priority

2010-11-06 Thread Rich Morin
An app should NOT be able to destabilize the OS enough to cause it to crash. That is a serious OS-level bug. It should be reported (with details) to bugreport.apple.com. -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdmRich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume [email protected] http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/

Re: [MacRuby-devel] System crash - MacRuby priority

2010-11-06 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
On Nov 6, 2010, at 4:19 PM, Robert Rice wrote: > I determined that my system crash was not due to an endless loop - rather due > to a very inefficient algorithm. MacRuby seems to run at such a high priority > that it can cause the system to crash - especially if a streaming video is > running.

Re: [MacRuby-devel] System crash - MacRuby priority

2010-11-06 Thread Laurent Sansonetti
Hi Robert, What do you mean by making the system crash? Does a kernel panic happen, or does the system just become unusable? If a kernel panic happen, or if any core service segfaults because of your app, then you should report this via http://bugreporter.apple.com as others indicated. If the