# Is Julia slow at closing files on Windows?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-slow-at-closing-files-on-windows/112983>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Created:** [April 15, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-slow-at-closing-files-on-windows/112983 "2024-04-15T23:52:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-slow-at-closing-files-on-windows/112983/2 "2024-04-16T00:38:21Z")

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Closing files on Windows is slow. If you try the same code under WSL2, it might be faster.

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