Comment by tracker1
3 years ago
And when computers will be 30% faster in a couple years, vs. multiplying the developer time/cost it's a trade off.
3 years ago
And when computers will be 30% faster in a couple years, vs. multiplying the developer time/cost it's a trade off.
What the hardware gives, the developer takes away. Developers will get computers 30% faster, then release 30% slower software, in a never ending cycle.
Right now, an M1 is pretty fast, but wait until all developers use it and it starts to become barely adequate.
Rephrasing Wirth's law: It takes slow hardware to develop fast software.