Re: Why doesn't everyone use Modules ??

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>From the keyboard of Brian T. Wightman:
> 
> For example, one of my "power users" that was helping to evaluate
> modules complained that startup time was too slow.  He does a lot of
> parallel work, and the time needed to start an rsh, including all of
> the modules he uses, was obnoxious.  A way to cache your environment
> would definitely help to address this problem.

module load gnu X11/R6 frame 

is much much faster then

module load gnu
module load X11/R6
module load frame

because e.g. PATH will be set once, when using the first form, but
three times, when using the second form.

Maybe, this was the/a problem?

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