Comment Moore's law doesn't apply to software (Score 4) 208
I'm not particularly concerned about hitting a theoretical limit to hardware power. At the moment, I'm typing on a system that has unimaginable 20 years ago.
Yet it crashes often enough to be noticeable.
It runs so slowly (a "mere" Pentium 400) that I can actually see my windows redraw.
Booting takes 5 minutes (NT 4.0)
Shutting down takes several minutes, too.
Maybe hitting a limit to processor power will encourage programmers to reintroduce the concept of "knowing how to write good code." Lord knows processor speed and cheap memory have made it possible for even the best programmers to stop thinking about code quality.
- Stever
Yet it crashes often enough to be noticeable.
It runs so slowly (a "mere" Pentium 400) that I can actually see my windows redraw.
Booting takes 5 minutes (NT 4.0)
Shutting down takes several minutes, too.
Maybe hitting a limit to processor power will encourage programmers to reintroduce the concept of "knowing how to write good code." Lord knows processor speed and cheap memory have made it possible for even the best programmers to stop thinking about code quality.
- Stever
