> Game at 60fps …is one of the most demanding application ever. And a tiny niche to boot: while prominent, games represent a tiny fraction of all programming

> Game at 60fps …is one of the most demanding application ever. And a tiny niche to boot: while prominent, games represent a tiny fraction of all programming effort. Web browsers and operating systems are an even more extreme example of this availability bias. For interactive stuff that otherwise doesn't move (regular web browsing, GUI stuff…), 100ms response time is perfect, except maybe for text entry. GC pauses can be made negligible in that context. (Though as you said, we need access to that stuff.)