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Program Active Delays

The following table describes the various types of program active delays, and the possible reasons for them.

Delay type

Reason

Algorithms

An algorithm in the program or one of its subroutines is using CPU time.

High Level Language options

High overhead compiler options, such as DEBUG or TRACE were specified.

Data definitions and conversion

High-level languages can use significant CPU time to convert numeric data intended for display to a format that can be used in computation, such as a subscript, that accesses table entries defined in the program or one of its subroutines.