Difference in runtime of a program when run in background vs foreground

Hi,
Is running the program in background would result to better performance in terms of speed compared to foreground? If yes, what's the reason behind.
Thanks!

Hi Advait,
>
Advait Gode wrote:
> Yes, program does run faster in background process than running in foreground.
sorry... an ABAP program will NOT run faster in background.
As could be seen from your link:
- a program in background does not have a timout limit
- a program in background can use a different memory allocation sequence (depends on configuration)
and may be able to allocate more memory than a foreground program (depends on configuration as well)
but it will not run faster... .
Kind regards,
Hermann

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