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The author repeatedly cites the availability of cheaper hardware as some sort of savior of modern programming but fails to mention that the volume of data and t
by njovin 8y ago
The author repeatedly cites the availability of cheaper hardware as some sort of savior of modern programming but fails to mention that the volume of data and the real-time demands of modern products were not present for many older systems that ran on more expensive hardware.
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