The first thing I'd check is whether you're using any swap (next time you notice the slowness)... that will bring a system to its knees instantly.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Páll Haraldsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone noticed, for such simple stuff as: > > a=[1,2,3,1] > > [something like 10 seconds, but yes, instantly after closing Julia and > opening again.] > > just now in Version 0.5.0-rc4+0 > > > Yes, I do have something else running (a web browser, Firefox, always at > 100% CPU..). > > I ignored this the first time I noticed, as I thought CPU load the cause. > Julia and Firefox have the safe priority, the default 20 in Linux. > > I didn't notice this before in 0.4. This could in theory be newer Firefox > (pre-"electrolysis", w/new "Web Content" process). Still doubt that, as > Linux SHOULD multitask well and while the browser is often problematic, it > usually doesn't slow down other non-GUI stuff at least.. > > -- > Palli. > >
