> you can specify It's nice to have the option of specifying such limits, but not all programs are batch jobs. For example, the correct CPU time cap for a HTTP

> you can specify It's nice to have the option of specifying such limits, but not all programs are batch jobs. For example, the correct CPU time cap for a HTTP server is infinity. Likewise, if that server were written as a recursive function then the correct stack size would be infinity: def serve(request): response = process(request) socket.send(response) serve(socket.receive())