Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Hm, Apple and Microsoft don't seem to think so. They go out of their
> way to implement elaborate visual effects.
Well, that's a different issue -- assuming the visual
effect is something wanted, then the CPU required to
produce it isn't unnecessary.
But there's no excu
On Dec 12, 2007 2:42 PM, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But there's no excuse for using CPU when the application
> truly isn't doing anything other than waiting for
> something to happen.
There are tons of situations where polling is quite reasonable as logn
as it involves a sleep.
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A.M. Kuchling schrieb:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 10:04:38PM +0100, Georg Brandl wrote:
>> there wasn't much response to the bug day proposal, but I still think it's
>> a good idea. I'd propose a date in January, when Christmas etc. is over.
>> It would also be nice if someone did the organizing who
