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From: om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela)
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Subject: Re: "C Is The Greenest Programming Language" by: Chris Lott
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:40:54 +0200
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DozingDog@thekennel.co wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:17:50 +0200
> om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) wrote:
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "C Is The Greenest Programming Language" by: Chris Lott
>>>    https://hackaday.com/2021/11/18/c-is-the-greenest-programming-language/
>>
>>Perhaps one contributing factor is that not so much development is any
>>longer done using C or C++, and the programs that are run (and still
>>being developed) were originally created in the era when CPU power was
>>much lower than these days, so code optimization was more important.
>
> Its good to see the attitude of just throw more CPU at something
> instead of optimising it is still around. These days when server
> farms are taking up a siginificant percentage of the planet's
> electrical output its beholder on programmers to make their code
> as efficient as is reasonable.

I keep rereading that first sentence, is the meaning reversed?

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