> I'd bet lazily slapping caches on things has saved more total time than all other computer optimizations combined. For compilers, "Proebsting's law" suggests

> I'd bet lazily slapping caches on things has saved more total time than all other computer optimizations combined. For compilers, "Proebsting's law" suggests the total gain from all compiler research to date has been ~3%/year or >3.3x total: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.29.434&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.29...