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You have to read the last few posts (on Feb 2) in:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=36710

If there is a lesson here, know that the beachBall of death may not mean that at all. It just means that my machine notices that a process seems, seems to be stuck, and it very well may not be.

My machine reported that LC was not responding. But that was not quite true.

Could be very useful to know...

Craig

Actually it is true. When any app is in a tight loop there are no interactions with the OS. After a few seconds the OS notices and warns you. Scrolling, and other operations, apply. However when the loop finishes, communication resumes and the OS is happy again.

If you're writing your own loop, adding a "wait 0" avoids that since it gives LC a chance to do some housekeeping. But we don't have any control over the engine processes. So basically the app is "not responding".