Re: Getting more of the processor time

And did you check through the Windows Task manager that indeed the priority of the spreadsheet writing is low and that of the interactive application is high?

Perhaps the system is just too heavily loaded and this slows everything down.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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Re^2: Getting more of the processor time by Anonymous Monk on Jan 07, 2011 at 16:51 UTC
some kinds of IO are just slow and blocking (think cdrom spinning up, making everything else non responsive)	[reply]
Re^3: Getting more of the processor time by CountZero (Bishop) on Jan 07, 2011 at 17:10 UTC
Or Windoze deciding to start some internal "housecleaning" and monopolizing your resources. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]