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The thinking is that faster hardware is cheaper than developer time. E.g.: https://blog.codinghorror.com/hardware-is-cheap-programmers-are-expensive/ https://bl
by wukerplank 6y ago
The thinking is that faster hardware is cheaper than developer time. E.g.: https://blog.codinghorror.com/hardware-is-cheap-programmers-are-expensive/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/hardware-is-cheap-programmers-...
- maccard 6y agoYou should really read that article. Just below the fold: > Everything is fast for small n. When n gets large, that's when things start to go sideways. The above graph of an ancient Trash-80 clobbering a semi-modern DEC Alpha is a sobering reminder that the fastest hardware in the world can't save you from bad code.