[Vm-dev] Unix heartbeat thread vs itimer

Hi,

I was checking the code in sqUnixHeartbeat.c to see how the heartbeat thread/itimer worked. It somehow bothers me that there are different compiled artifacts, one per option.

What do you think about having a VM that manages that as an argument provided when we launch the VM? This would add some flexibility that we don't have right now because we make the decision at compile time.

The code in sqUnixHeartbeat.c is not a lot nor very complex, it should not be difficult to do...

Also, what would be the drawbacks besides an increase on the vm size?

Guille