From: Karl Zilles <zilles@1969web.com>
To: Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org>, Ocaml <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] How to monitor a specific file for changes
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:14:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <471F8B6B.3080306@1969web.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071024125457.GB12110@furbychan.cocan.org>
Richard Jones wrote:
> /me weeps.
>
> Please don't do this. Processes which regularly poll are a bane for
> people who are working to reduce the power consumption of laptops and
> servers.
While your heart is in the right place, I think your priorities are
wrong on this one. They guy is writing a thesis project, not a
commercial application.
Let him get it coded. I'm sure he's got more to worry about than saving
a few watts here and there. Or perhaps, if you feel strongly about it,
you can contribute some tested code that works on Mac OS X and linux
platforms.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-24 18:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-22 19:03 Orlin Grigorov
2007-10-22 19:05 ` [Caml-list] " Robert Fischer
2007-10-22 19:09 ` Sylvain Le Gall
2007-10-22 19:11 ` [Caml-list] " Andrew Gacek
2007-10-22 19:20 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2007-10-22 19:30 ` Orlin Grigorov
2007-10-22 19:38 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2007-10-22 19:39 ` Jake Donham
2007-10-22 19:44 ` Orlin Grigorov
2007-10-22 19:42 ` Karl Zilles
2007-10-22 19:57 ` Orlin Grigorov
2007-10-23 7:50 ` Dave Benjamin
2007-10-23 17:17 ` Orlin Grigorov
2007-10-24 12:54 ` Richard Jones
2007-10-24 18:14 ` Karl Zilles [this message]
2007-10-24 21:56 ` Sylvain Le Gall
2007-10-22 19:43 ` Re : [Caml-list] " Adrien
2007-10-22 19:59 ` Gordon Henriksen
2007-10-24 12:53 ` Richard Jones
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