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...Maybe not quite as fast, but fast enough for me... Given how fast computers are these days, the powerful standard libraries high level languages give you an

• ssp 17y ago
  "Computers these days" have always been fast; if that were an argument for anything, performance would not matter at all anymore. If computing power is fungible, then a 10% performance improvement translates into a 10% saving on the hardware budget. This matters for data centers, and it matters for embedded systems where using a slightly cheaper component in a million devices might mean saving a million dollars. I think the fallacy of the fast, modern computer comes from the fact that PCs are not very fungible at all; they come in discrete performance steps. And since your application is pretty unlikely to be the most demanding one, it will probably run just fine even without much optimization.
• igouy 17y ago
  > the fact that bugs per line is constant regardless of language "fact"? More like an observation that must be re-tested and re-established with each change in tooling. Is Java bugs per line the same for IntelliJ IDEA and Emacs? (And of course let's remember - bugs per line when? During development? In product?)
  • steveklabnik 17y ago
    That is what the study said. It holds constant across languages and tools. Now, if I could find a link for you, that'd be awesome. My google-fu is weak today.