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Idle Loop Optimized

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-efficient-use-of-clock-time dept.

seebs writes "Every so often someone makes a joke about optimizing the idle loop, but this article actually does it. " It's about time too- that process has been eating up clock cycles for to long.

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  1. Welcome to First Post Day! by sterno · · Score: 5, Funny

    Say, I'm curious, are you guys scripting this to post a new article every 5 minutes, or did you find some cheap outsourced labor to pound them out in real time?

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  2. Grammar! by darth_MALL · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Every so often someone makes a joke about optimizing the idle loop, but this article actually does it."

    The article does what? Makes the joke, or optimizes the idle loop?