[Openmcl-devel] Freeze

[Ron Garret]

Yes, that is not surprising.  CCL uses native threads.  Spawn enough  
of them that don't block and you will bring even a powerful machine to  
its knees.  Why would you expect anything different?

rg

On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:18 PM, p2.edoc at googlemail.com wrote:

> This repeatedly freezes the whole machine (a G5 quad), needing a  
> power reboot.
>
> Welcome to Clozure Common Lisp Version 1.2-r9226-RC1  (DarwinPPC32)!
> ? (defun stress-test ()
>   (loop for n from 1 do
>     (process-run-function (format nil "Stress ~D" n)
>                           #'(lambda () (loop do (1+ 1))))))
> STRESS-TEST
> ? (stress-test)
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