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That's a fair point -- a crash handled gracefully & completely sorta ceases to be a crash at all. I think one distinction the authors of the original paper make
by robinsloan 16y ago
That's a fair point -- a crash handled gracefully & completely sorta ceases to be a crash at all. I think one distinction the authors of the original paper make is that an app's off switch ought to be external to the app. More like "kill -9" than "exit"; more like pulling the plug than pressing a "power down" button.
- damienkatz 16y agoYes. CouchDB is designed as crash only software, it detects and restarts immediately on crash, and shutting it down is done with kill, not exit.