# Is Julia the right tool for the job?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-the-right-tool-for-the-job/20100>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [January 25, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-the-right-tool-for-the-job/20100 "2019-01-25T17:15:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-the-right-tool-for-the-job/20100/4 "2019-01-25T22:26:06Z")

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> [@tkoolen](#):
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> This is how long a GC sweep takes when there is nothing to do:

No it isn’t. Try `GC.gc(false)`

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