Re:Computers should expose their internal workings as a 6th ...
by throwaway858 on Sunday August 29, 2021 @07:02PM
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The GHC manual has this to say about the `-B` flag:
> -B
>
> Sound the bell at the start of each (major) garbage collection.
>
> Oddly enough, people really do use this option! Our pal in Durham (England), Paul Callaghan, writes: “Some people here use it for a variety of purposes—honestly!—e.g., confirmation that the code/machine is doing something, infinite loop detection, gauging cost of recently added code. Certain people can even tell what stage [the program] is in by the beep pattern. But the major use is for annoying others in the same office…”
> -B > > Sound the bell at the start of each (major) garbage collection. > > Oddly enough, people really do use this option! Our pal in Durham (England), Paul Callaghan, writes: “Some people here use it for a variety of purposes—honestly!—e.g., confirmation that the code/machine is doing something, infinite loop detection, gauging cost of recently added code. Certain people can even tell what stage [the program] is in by the beep pattern. But the major use is for annoying others in the same office…”
https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_gu...