The good thing is that the system is used widely by lots of people, and even though computationally expensive, has been quite stable.
-viral On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 8:32:26 PM UTC+5:30, Pileas wrote: > > I use both Windows and Linux. In my desktop I see no difference, for the > cooling system is good. But in my 4-years laptop, in the Windows partition > I (and some others around me :( ) can notice the voice of the fan ! > > Stefan, you are right about the git thing. I think it is the culprit. > Hopefully it will be fixed in the future. > > Τη Τρίτη, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2014 9:53:46 π.μ. UTC-5, ο χρήστης Stefan Karpinski > έγραψε: >> >> It's computationally expensive and involves forking git a lot. Should get >> better in the future once we're actively using libgit2 instead, but for >> now, that's how it works. If you're on Windows it's probably a million >> times worse. >> >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Pileas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In the process of updating Julia, I found out that the procedure uses >>> 100% of the CPU. Although this may not be a problem for newer machines >>> (especially desktops that have a good/decent cooling system), one may >>> encounter problems while using a simple laptop. >>> >>> Is there a specific reason for Julia to use the CPU solely when it >>> updates? >>> >> >>
