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Fast is cheap everywhere. The only reasons software isn’t faster:

* developer insecurity and pattern lock in

* platform limitations. This is typically software execution context and tool chain related more than hardware related

* most developers refuse to measure things

Even really slow languages can result in fast applications.





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