Re:Clojure all the way down
by agentultra on Thursday October 22, 2015 @11:19AM
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Not the parent;
You always need to be aware of the hardware/target-platform. Some examples:
1. Bioinformatics
2. Data storage
3. Any soft real-time application
4. Any kind of constraint search with simulated annealing through large spaces
5. Operating systems
6. Compilers
7. Image recognition/analysis
8. Rendering
9. Basically any application where the user expects a responsive result
You ignore performance at your peril. The reason why we have super-fast computers and software with loading screens is because of this thinking.
If you do have a legitimate reason to run on a VM you should be aware of the burden its abstractions places on your ability to reason about the performance and costs your program will incur.
You always need to be aware of the hardware/target-platform. Some examples:
1. Bioinformatics 2. Data storage 3. Any soft real-time application 4. Any kind of constraint search with simulated annealing through large spaces 5. Operating systems 6. Compilers 7. Image recognition/analysis 8. Rendering 9. Basically any application where the user expects a responsive result
You ignore performance at your peril. The reason why we have super-fast computers and software with loading screens is because of this thinking.
If you do have a legitimate reason to run on a VM you should be aware of the burden its abstractions places on your ability to reason about the performance and costs your program will incur.