> On 31 Jan 2016, at 11:24pm, James K. Lowden <jklowden at schemamania.org> > wrote: > > Howard Chu <hyc at symas.com> wrote: > >> Note that the cache eviction runs quite frequently - once every 5 >> seconds or so, and evicts pages regardless of whether there's any >> memory pressure in the system. It's quite possibly the stupidest >> cache manager ever written. > > Any insight into what they were thinking?
Only a cynical one. It's really good for demo sessions. When you're giving a demo you log in, immediately start an App, do a few things, spend a few seconds talking, start a second App, talk about that, start another App, etc.. Having memory cleared while you're taking means you have plenty free to start another App. Simon
