Continuous loops max out my CPU usage. What can I do?

[Kwhiz]

Hi,

If I run a continuous loop in my script, such as

label>start
gpc>50,50,x
if>x=0,end
goto>start
label>end

my CPU runs at 100% usage. That's way too high for me to run this script throughout the day. I guess this is a two-part question. The first part of the question is this: Is there a CPU fast enough to handle a continuous-loop script without maxing out at 100% CPU usage? I currently have a 3.2GHz machine with 1GB RAM, which seems very fast to me under most circumstances, yet a continuous-loop script maxes out my machine.

Part two of the question is this: If there is no CPU fast enough yet to run continous-loop scripts, does anybody have any thoughts or ideas regarding workarounds to the above script? I'm just using the above script as an example of course. Any continous-loop script will fit under the category of this thread.

Thanks!
Kwhiz

[support]

This comes up often. Any tight loop in any programming language will consume CPU cycles. Put a small wait inside the loop to ensure each iteration can yield to the processor:

label>start
Wait>0.5
gpc>50,50,x
if>x=0,end
goto>start
label>end

[Kwhiz]

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Wow, that's fabulous. Even Wait>0.001 works! Although Wait>0.0003 doesn't work.

Thank you for your time, help and understanding.

-- Kwhiz

[Hardware_Tester]

Who wonders, on a 2GHz Machine, while a wait of 0.001 2 Million of basic operations can be calculated.

[Kwhiz]

lol.