• @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    119 days ago

    The hard part is figuring out all of the tricks that were used to squeeze out every last bit of performance from ancient hardware and deciphering over half a century of updates.

    • Dyskolos
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      219 days ago

      Oh yes, and this too. “Modern” coders mostly forgot the art (necessity) of optimizing. Just because we have it plenty.