jqt runs fine for me, at least so far. Some quick research indicates that a major performance issue with windows 8.1 has to do with thermal throttling. There's something wrong in the mechanisms being used there. That suggests that performance may have something to do with temperature (maye even the weather) and/or the recent load on the system. Meanwhile, OpenBSD performs wonderfully, but J crashes on it because of unresolved defects. I want to get those defects resolved. J's relative lack of build dependencies suggest that it could be incredibly useful in free software projects if only we could address its existing flaws (things that make it crash on OpenBSD). Put differently: the way J is put together, where you can build the engine and run iand incorporate jqt as a later step, is a really great thing, if we can have the self discipline to keep maintain that separation (and maintain its simplified set of bulid tools). It's a work of art. Thanks,
-- Raul On 7/10/14, Mike Day <[email protected]> wrote: > Some weeks ago I'd reported a considerable delay in loading JQT on my > Windows 8.1 notebook - have you tried that yet? > When I restarted JQT just now (using the latest J802 installation), it > took about a minute for the terminal window to appear, so it's still > annoyingly slow to get going. > > However, task-manager starts almost immediately for me, using > ctrl-alt-del and then selecting "Task Manager". > > FWIW, I'm not keen on all those apps which are Windows 8's default > mode, preferring the desktop view, and also use something called > "Classic Start Menu 4.0.6" to navigate to programs not on the desktop. > > Mike > > On 10/07/2014 02:55, Raul Miller wrote: >> What's bothering me currently is ~93% idle time on windows 8.1 and >> minutes >> to start programs ( like task manager ) and many seconds of delays typing >> even five characters into a search box. >> >> It's beyond stupid. >> >> I have nothing against brute force coding, nor against old languages or >> whatever, but I do expect some level of understandable characteristics. >> > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7824 - Release Date: 07/09/14 > > ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
