Re: Does lilypond takes advantage of multi-cores on windows?

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Graham Percival 
<address@hidden> writes
> On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 08:46:06 -0700 (PDT)
> sdfgsdhdshd <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I'm about to buy a new PC with Windows Vista (shame on me), which
> > will mainly be used to compile lilypond files, all day long.
> >     Will a duo-core or better quad-core accelerate the compilations,
> > all others characteristics being the same, including processor speed?
>
> No, lilypond will only use one core.  That said, you would be able
> to compile multiple scores at once.
No, it WILL accelerate compilations (but probably not by much).

Just as lily will only use one core, so will Windows. It's a pain in the 
proverbial when Windows decides to do something and leaves the user 
whistling waiting for their job - with a dual-core the system will be a 
lot more responsive (ie it'll feel faster) and, with Windows unable to 
hog the entire system, it WILL be a bit faster.

Cheers,
Wol
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