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0 pointsNegativeLatency10d ago0 comments

Didn’t want to upgrade the memory?

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It’s the speed of the JavaScript compiler, on those old browsers they were expected to handle a few kilobytes max of event listeners. The chrome vs Firefox browser wars sped up JavaScript compilation by 10x at least

NegativeLatencyOP4d ago

Yes I was alive for that. Just said that because that Mac could take up to 1.5GB of RAM

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0 pointsNegativeLatency10d ago0 comments

Didn’t want to upgrade the memory?

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jazzyjackson9d ago

It’s the speed of the JavaScript compiler, on those old browsers they were expected to handle a few kilobytes max of event listeners. The chrome vs Firefox browser wars sped up JavaScript compilation by 10x at least

NegativeLatencyOP4d ago

Yes I was alive for that. Just said that because that Mac could take up to 1.5GB of RAM

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse