>subjective performance of computers today isn't consistently better than computers 40 years ago I totally get that point and a good way to illustrate that wou

>subjective performance of computers today isn't consistently better than computers 40 years ago I totally get that point and a good way to illustrate that would be: Boot up C64 and write a "HELLO WORLD" program, now do that with a modern PC. A crude comparison, but makes the point.