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0 pointsgdg9298913y ago0 comments

I wouldn't say its OK to waste energy but you have to put things in perspective. Your first concern should be to save the users time. The less time they have to use the program to achieve their goal means less instructions. Videos like these aren't looking at the bigger picture.

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cassandravoiton13y ago

If code runs faster then the user time is wasted less as well. That seems in alignment with the ideas behind the video.

gdg92989OP13y ago

I don't want to hear the "faster programs save the user time too" argument its total BS. the vast majority of CPU time is spent waiting for the user. So while you're on a holy quest maximizing 100,000 instructions down to 1,000, every second that the user wastes dealing with your neglected UI 1,000,000,000 cycles are wasted (and that's on a machine with a single 1ghz processor).

NerdsCentral13y ago

The post is talking about servers. Most scripting is for code running on servers. Servers do not wait for the user. Your comment has zero merit.

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