[GHC] #2891: threadDelay appears to use excessive CPU in GHCi

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#2891: threadDelay appears to use excessive CPU in GHCi
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    Reporter:  JeremyShaw  |        Owner:         
        Type:  bug         |       Status:  closed 
    Priority:  normal      |    Milestone:         
   Component:  Compiler    |      Version:  6.8.3  
    Severity:  normal      |   Resolution:  wontfix
    Keywords:              |   Difficulty:  Unknown
    Testcase:              |           Os:  Linux  
Architecture:  x86         |  
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Comment (by JeremyShaw):

 ok, I'll have to investigate more. Idle happstack applications under GHCi
 will sometimes use 20-50% of the CPU, but we don't seem to see the same
 issue when apps are compiled.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2891#comment:2>
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