Re: 'file changed'-event

In article <1135801856.224191.240620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Larry <larry_grant_dc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A. Sinan Unur wrote:
> > "Larry" <larry_grant_dc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1135799947.881564.88380
> > @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> >
> > > Michael Goerz wrote:
> > >> While this works in principle, the infinite
> > >> loop drives the CPU crazy and speeds up the fan (very annoying).
> > >
> > > Wow... that's wild... what kind of machine do you have? I don't think
> > > I've heard of that type of behavior before.
> >
> > It is not that crazy. Normall, my laptop runs at a low clock speed to save
> > battery power / stay cool and quiet. However, if I start doing anything
> > that is very CPU intensive, than it boosts the clock speed to full. In
> > that case, the fan has to kick in.
>
> Oh, OK, that explains it. It's a laptop thing.
>

My Dell desktop running Linux does the same thing. It sits there at
idle as I edit my Java programs. As soon as I type 'make' to compile
them or 'run' to test them, the CPU kicks in at full speed and the fan
comes on after a few seconds. Maybe it's a "Java" thing. (nothing to do
with Perl, of course :)

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