> literally freezes my laptop for seconds

Yep. This has been commented on again and again, but many refuse to show willingness to fix or even acknowledge the problem:

https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/28092

https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17285

https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/4452

https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1064

https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/260