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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.




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