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> This is actually a good thing. Besides, the sentiment "no need to optimize, just wait a year and computers will be fast enough" died over ten years ago and wa
by snovv_crash 10y ago
> This is actually a good thing. Besides, the sentiment "no need to optimize, just wait a year and computers will be fast enough" died over ten years ago and was stupid to begin with.
Ruby, Python, PHP :-/
Maybe with the next few years of performance not improving developers will wake up to the fact that doing stuff in a slow language limits the scale you can push it to.
- cstejerean 10y agoOr maybe most developers aren't worried about the scale you can push something too. Most projects never go anywhere. If one turns into a runaway success you can deal with performance later. Designing everything as if it is going to require Google scale infrastructure is a good way to get distracted by cool technology and procrastinate on actually solving any useful problems.
- adwn 10y agoThankfully, programmers are already waking up to the fact that C and Python are not the only choices. Compare the success of Rust.
- ido 10y agoI was astonished how fast plain-old JS has become (probably closer to c++ than to Ruby or Python, in terms of performance - even more impressive with support for stuff such as asm.js). And recent versions of ECMAScript/JS (which are gradually albeit slowly become more and more available for real-world usage) actually make for a pretty nice language.