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Given that Elite game [1] used to run on Sinclair with Z80 processor and 48kB of memory, any complaints about the costs nowadays sound ridiculous. If our softwa

by rumcajz 10y ago

Given that Elite game [1] used to run on Sinclair with Z80 processor and 48kB of memory, any complaints about the costs nowadays sound ridiculous. If our software infrastructure was coded by Elite programmers, we would be able to run in at 0.01% of the cost. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)

jaggederest 10y ago
> It was written in machine code using assembly language, giving much care to maximum compactness of code. From the link. It seems unlikely that people would/could build applications in the modern world from scratch in assembler. Start with reimplementing the entire HTTP parsing engine and go from there? No thanks.