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> It is normal that doing more takes more resources. Modern raytracers require more processing power because they generate better images. Likewise, compilers of
by vosper 6y ago
> It is normal that doing more takes more resources. Modern raytracers require more processing power because they generate better images. Likewise, compilers of 2020 have awesome static code analyzer which they did not have in 2009.
> But doing the same thing should never become slower. Starting up an application should never take longer than it used to. If a feature is going to cost start-up time, I would rather not have it.
No feature, no matter how great, could ever justify a slowdown to start-up time? That seems like an absurd position to take. Also, if you read the link to the “law” about software taking up more compute resources over time, you’ll find that the origin is Intel’s Andy Grove complaining that Microsoft wasn’t taking advantage of newer, more powerful chips.
Also the title is just kind of rude and dismissive to software engineers - it’s not true that noone at all cares about performance.
- astrange 6y ago> No feature, no matter how great, could ever justify a slowdown to start-up time? That seems like an absurd position to take. This is actually the WebKit project's policy. Performance regressions are not allowed and you can't commit any without adding an equivalent progression.
- pmarin 6y agoJust to be clear. I am the OP. the real title is "These are called opportunities". I used one of his cites [1] as title because the original was not catchy enough. The article was submitted a couple of times with 0 upvotes [2]. The big apple logo doesn't help either. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_Bill%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_Bill%27s_law [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Ffabiensanglard.net%2Fsilicone%2F https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Ffabiensanglard.net%2...
- vosper 6y agoSo... you editorialized the title in order to get some traction? I hate to be that guy, but the HN guidelines ask not to do that > please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize I should have checked the real article title, it’s much more reasonable. I see that it has been changed here, now.