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In what world does runtime speed and compiled size have anything to do with turnaround (or programmer productivity, as I read it)? C is a great language for ma
by sgk284 14y ago
In what world does runtime speed and compiled size have anything to do with turnaround (or programmer productivity, as I read it)?
C is a great language for many reasons, but let's not conflate benefits.
- tosseraccount 14y agoPerhaps there's a misunderstanding in the term "turnaround". I meant it in this sense t = x + y + z. where t = total time, x = send time , y = processing time, z = send back to user time. If you can decrease y, you decrease "t". Responsiveness is important to users. With the advent of large and extremely fast memory cache, small program size will dramatically increase program execution speed by have small code and small data already in cache. Smaller program executable will enable many more instances on a real physical node. Size matters. Speed matters.