in reply to LWP Parallel CPU Usage

Why dp you want to use less resources?

If it is to allow other processes to use more, then reduce the priority (increase the niceness on *nix?), to allow other processes a greater share of the cpu.

Or, use the register() method to add a callback and add a short sleep to slow things down a bit.

But remember, all the time that your cpu is not running at 100% utilisation, it is just wasting energy and time.

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Re^2: LWP Parallel CPU Usage
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 28, 2007 at 03:29 UTC
    I'm glad I work for you, because I can keep you happy by just constantly going "is it done yet?" as fast as I can. Any time I spend not running around at full throttle is just wasting me as a resource / employee.

    Yes, even CPUs (modern ones) use less energy when they aren't super busy. Then there is the small matter of resource allocation not being perfect so having one CPU hog usually means your system becomes sluggish, slowing more important tasks (even though their priority is set higher), wasting the human user's time, and causing frustration.

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