# Extremely slow execution time

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095 "2018-05-23T13:38:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095/41 "2020-12-06T18:41:38Z")

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While many people gripe about `using Plots` (and it’s therefore the go-to example for compilation time issues), this certainly isn’t expected. On v1.6:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/8/e8f58a6cdc382946a54f82bd00c929e9663bdf44.png)

This is a ~10 year old i7-2620m, so probably at the lower end of the hardware that anyone developing Julia is using today…

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**Author:** ![PaulToronto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paultoronto/32/20021_2.png) [@PaulToronto](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PaulToronto)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095/42 "2020-12-06T18:53:42Z")

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I have a 2019 MacBook Pro with:

- 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
- 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
- Radeon Pro 560X 4 GB Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

I’m starting to think there is something wrong with my computer.

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**Author:** ![FPGro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fpgro/32/20822_2.png) [@FPGro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/FPGro)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095/43 "2020-12-06T18:54:36Z")

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Which versions of Julia, Plots and Pluto are you using?

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**Author:** ![jbytecode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jbytecode/32/17719_2.png) [@jbytecode](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jbytecode)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095/44 "2020-12-06T19:01:23Z")

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good news and tested that v1.6 is 2x faster in `using Plots`.

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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095/45 "2020-12-06T19:36:01Z")

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Have you started Pluto from within Julia? By chance are you not starting it from a web server? I had that experience before with Jupyter.

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**Author:** ![PaulToronto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paultoronto/32/20021_2.png) [@PaulToronto](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PaulToronto)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-execution-time/11095/46 "2021-01-18T00:22:15Z")

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Thanks for your question. It turns out the battery in my MacBook was overheating. It was a hardware problem.

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