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"We should utilize the gains we get in increased computational power instead of wasting everything to inefficient software." And yet, horribly inefficient scri
by RetroTechie 3y ago
"We should utilize the gains we get in increased computational power instead of wasting everything to inefficient software."
And yet, horribly inefficient scripting languages are a thing. To save time of 1 or 2 developers ONCE, at the cost of countless users' compute capacity, again & again for as long as that software is used.
As long as that is considered acceptable, your argument holds no water.
Current hardware is way, way, waaayy fast enough for 99.999% of uses. Hardened software or not.
- nicce 3y ago> As long as that is considered acceptable, your argument holds no water. It is true that it costs more to hire more skilled developers, and for that reason we suffer. (e.g. Electron). But even if that happens all the time, it does not mean that my point is invalid. If we want to reduce the energy waste, it starts from software as well. > Current hardware is way, way, waaayy fast enough for 99.999% of uses. Hardened software or not. For end-users yes, but not for any cloud computing, servers, et. all where the real computing happens. You can make significant saving in terms of required processors, memory and electricity simply by writing more efficient software. Just one method more to make world greener place.