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0 pointsvkou1y ago0 comments

I think you'll find that if you re-write an application, feature-for-feature, without changing its language, the re-written version will be faster.

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This is known as the Second System Effect: where Great Rewrites always succeed in making a more performant thing.

cb3211y ago

I am not sure if the semantics have drifted over the decades to what you say, but this seems not quite right according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect

EDIT: but I do agree that starting greenfield from an old code base is often a path towards performance.

Just having a laugh, mate, but it is nice to have the truth posted as well.

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0 pointsvkou1y ago0 comments

I think you'll find that if you re-write an application, feature-for-feature, without changing its language, the re-written version will be faster.

This is known as the Second System Effect: where Great Rewrites always succeed in making a more performant thing.

cb3211y ago

I am not sure if the semantics have drifted over the decades to what you say, but this seems not quite right according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect

EDIT: but I do agree that starting greenfield from an old code base is often a path towards performance.

Just having a laugh, mate, but it is nice to have the truth posted as well.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse