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A software engineer is developing a new operating system. The operating system has to make a decision when it sees an application taking a long time to finish executing an instruction. Should the operating system force quit the application, assuming it will run forever?

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Answer:

No.

Be patient. Wait a bit longer to see if the application succeeds, and if it does not, force quit and debug the operating system to figure out what's wrong.

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