That's a thought. Also, there used to be a way to set the affinity of an application to prefer or only run on one core. This was in the early days of multi-cores where apps might not be multicore aware. Not sure if this is a thing anymore.
Bob S > On Dec 26, 2019, at 16:15 , Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I’m on a quad-core Intel Xeon E5 (Mac Pro) and LC 8 could definitely lock up > the machine. Only with difficulty could I eventually force LC to quit. > > Peter Bogdanoff > > >> On Dec 26, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I ahould have saif multiple cores not both. >> >>> On Dec 26, 2019, at 14:14 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> On the machine, or on the core? LC should only be using a single core on >>> Multi-core systems. Any other process using that core may be affected, but >>> not necessarily processes using the other core. It may be academic though, >>> as most apps today are probably using both cores simultaneously. >>> >>> Bob S >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 26, 2019, at 11:16 , J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> It may be the issue with repeat loops that do not yield to the engine >>>> periodically. This was an issue all the way back to MetaCard and I am not >>>> sure if it has been changed since then. >>>> >>>> Basicaly, running a lengthy repeat loop locks up the entire CPU until the >>>> loop exits. If this is the problem then it isn't just your standalone that >>>> comes to a halt, it's everything currently running on the machine. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
