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Why don't we care about how dynamic typing contributes to global energy consumption? Runtime overhead for preserving type info in memory (on large quantity of m
by klntsky 6y ago
Why don't we care about how dynamic typing contributes to global energy consumption? Runtime overhead for preserving type info in memory (on large quantity of machines) is probably comparable to crypto mining (which is performed on very few machines in comparison).
- lucb1e 6y agoBecause that can't be trivially understood to be wholly unnecessary. Who is to say that it doesn't make programming a lot faster and saves a lot of development time? Conversely, Bitcoin really is unnecessary given all the alternative investment, payment, and timestamping schemes that don't use proof of work. It's a matter of picking the easiest battles first. Bitcoin -> clearly evil -> why not move to another investment? Why not tax it for its environmental damage, like we tax other things that cause damage that the government later has to clean up?