2014-12-04 18:20 GMT+01:00 Paul Breneman <[email protected]>:
> On 12/03/2014 04:51 PM, Paul Breneman wrote: > >> On 12/03/2014 04:37 PM, Terry A. Haimann wrote: >> >>> I have a program that starts some background processes and then needs to >>> go to sleep for 15 seconds or so and then come back and check on their >>> statuses. So I used a loop like the following: >>> >>> EndTime := Now + EncodeTime(0, 0, 15, 0); >>> While Now < EndTime do >>> Application.ProcessMessages; >>> >>> The problem is that the core this process runs on is running 60-80% cpu >>> utilization. Is there away to do something like this and not max the >>> core out? This computer is an i5 Desktop running Linux Mint 17-64. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, T. >>> >> >> The quickest thing to do is to put Sleep(10) inside the while loop. That >> will help you get longer battery life on a laptop and a cooler CPU! >> >> But I would normally use a separate thread. There are a number of >> examples here (see ExThread---): >> http://turbocontrol.com/APro.htm >> If you search CodeNewsFast you might be able to turn up a number on >> explanations on why I recommend using a separate thread. >> >> Regards, >> Paul >> www.TurboControl.com >> > > I'm replying a second time as my first reply didn't get posted (yet). > > Here is a message that has my (old) summary: :) > http://codenewsfast.com/cnf/article/0/permalink.art-ng1824q786 FWIW, your previous message did reach me: Received: by 10.152.234.229 with SMTP id uh5csp19639lac; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 14:51:27 -0800 (PST) -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org
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