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by tbrownaw 697 days ago
6.3.2 "shortest job first": https://www.cs.uic.edu/~jbell/CourseNotes/OperatingSystems/6...

> SJF can be proven to be the fastest scheduling algorithm
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JadeNB 697 days ago
> 6.3.2 "shortest job first": https://www.cs.uic.edu/~jbell/CourseNotes/OperatingSystems/6...

> > SJF can be proven to be the fastest scheduling algorithm

That's not fully analogous, since the OS isn't going to miscompute the last operation because it's in a rush to get done and get home.

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