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"lessons learned - speed wins, most of the time" Further up the article, the author says that nothing came close to its speed, but when it was removed, no tear
by KennyBlanken 4y ago
"lessons learned - speed wins, most of the time"
Further up the article, the author says that nothing came close to its speed, but when it was removed, no tears were shed - a bad smell and poor legibility.
I think the lesson there is that performance isn't everything. It was the fastest printer in the world, but nobody was sad to see it get replaced with slower, but less smelly / more readable printouts.
- tdeck 4y agoBy the late 1970s researchers at LLNL probably also had access to interactive terminals and didn't need to rely on batch job printouts as heavily.