Jasbinder Singh Bali wrote:
> I don't know how is a sleep of 1 second going to be harmful here instead of
> keeping a busy wait.
>
> Even if a=b is going to take 1 week as u say, isn't a sleep of 1 second, if
> nothing, would save some CPU resources instead of blindly looping for ever ?
> Aren't busy waits dangerous from CPU resources point of view ? Won't it keep
> my CPU busy for ever. Also, if there's a sleep of 1 second, is it going to
> give me some saving in CPU resources or not ?
It's not the sleep that people are saying is harmful. It's the waiting
in a loop in a transaction.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
