So this might be why we compile code

So while goofing around and being a bit of a romantic I put Powershell into an infinite loop with a cheesy bit of text.


What was interesting to me (apart from the surprising amount of kudos from the missus) was the CPU load this created. One whole core running at full just to write a string and add 1 to a number.

I guess this is why we compile 'proper' code. Interpreted code is REALLY slow.