Bug?

[Pepe Gallardo]

 You can get the version that solves this problem from

 http://www.lcc.uma.es/~pepeg/software/winhugsFeb2000exe.zip


 --pepeg

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark P Jones" <mpj@cse.ogi.edu>
> To: "Roberto Barrios" <med018509@nacom.es>; <hugs-bugs@haskell.org>
> Cc: "Mark P. Jones" <mpj@cse.ogi.edu>
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 11:41 PM
> Subject: RE: Bug?
>
>
> Hi Roberto,
>
> | I've noticed that the WinHugs application eats 100% of the available CPU
> even
> | when it isn't doing any work, just blinking the cursor!!!
>
> This is a well-known problem with the WinHugs user interface, and is one
> of the reasons why use of WinHugs has been discouraged.  The user manual
> comments on this, for example, but perhaps the wording should be stronger!
> WinHugs was even left out of the Hugs distribution at one stage because
> these problems were felt to be too severe.  But people still asked for it
> and so WinHugs made it back into the distribution ...
>
> The WinHugs interface eats CPU because of the style in which it was
written.
> The original author of the WinHugs GUI, Pepe Gallardo, did produce a newer
> version that avoided these problems, but I don't know what happened to it;
> I'm not aware of a source for it on the web.  Pepe, if you're out there,
> I'm sure folks like Roberto would be happy to hear from you!
>
> In the meantime, I wouldn't recommend using WinHugs for everyday use.
>
> All the best,
> Mark
>
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