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[dhimes]

Your point makes sense, but but I suspect that if they were doing it for that reason the number of allowed processes would depend on the machine and configuration.

[prospero → dhimes]

They can do variable configuration for a wide range of machines, or they can create a static configuration for a narrow range of machines. They've done the latter.

[dhimes → prospero]

They can do it dynamically, which is what I would think they would do if they had user experience as their motivation.