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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google not making a language that runs on ... by srean on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:38AM (#17534796)
Wirth's Law: Software get slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.

Not using more hardware resources than reasonable has stopped being a thing. A large section of software writers behave as if that the only purpose of the hardware is to run the app they wrote.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google not making a language that runs on ... by tomphoolery on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:57AM (#17534852)
With tools like containers, the software itself behaves as if the only purpose of the hardware is to run your application. Psychologically, it makes sense for a software developer to believe this.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google not making a language that runs on ... by srean on Sunday July 15, 2018 @08:40AM (#17534996)
I don't see how that follows. The context here was applications that run on phones. I think its intellectual laziness to blame it on containers.
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