Nothing to see here. Speed always has been not only the most important thing, but virtually the only important thing. Back before most of you were born, th

Nothing to see here. Speed always has been not only the most important thing, but virtually the only important thing. Back before most of you were born, there was a review (in PC Magazine, IIRC) of the category of spreadsheet programs. MBA Analyst dominated the others (visicalc and lotus 123, IIRC) in every category except speed, in which it was OK, but not great. That's why you never heard of it. The speed requirement is closely related to the self-importance fallacy. If a computer needs time to think, maybe we could make good use of a few moments pause, too.