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Re:Lion Is a Quitter by baddox on Tuesday August 09, 2011 @06:03PM (#2865746)
Let me know if this is too pedantic, because I might just not be familiar with this particular usage, but calling this behavior "non-deterministic" seems like an abuse of the term.
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Re:Lion Is a Quitter by ori_b on Tuesday August 09, 2011 @08:08PM (#2866091)
From what I understand, it can't be predicted by the user -- it depends on factors such as application's memory image size, system load, idle time, etc.

As a user, I don't know when the app will go away.

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Re:Lion Is a Quitter by watmough on Tuesday August 09, 2011 @08:20PM (#2866123)
Yes, the article seemed pretty clear that 1. disappearing an application is at Lion's discretion, and 2. that the behavior changes over time.

Perhaps if you really think about it, it's deterministic, but it's 'casually non-deterministic'.

So yes, I'll admit to abusing the term in its pure sense.

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