Is "Out of Memory" a recoverable error?

[Walter Bright]

Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> I swear my system didn't trash! =)
> 
> This is not some stupid thing just to prove you wrong. When I want my
> process to live for as long as possible, even in extreme situations like
> lack of memory, it's a very good option to do this. Because of the reasons
> you gave about trashing. Its more desirable that my softswitch start
> dropping calls a little earlier than necessary but can maintain the
> current ones smoothly, than let the system trash and hope for the best.

I think you meant thrash, not trash!