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Re:Math is an insurance policy by beigeoak on Monday February 24, 2020 @02:23PM (#22407414)
The author is saying that the main reason to use something like C++ instead of Python or even Java is for speed. He assumes that optimizing for speed is a problem that can fit neatly under the machine learning domain.

If a machine can optimize performance better than humans, then it would not make sense to use C++, in the context of performance.

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Re:Math is an insurance policy by kevin_thibedeau on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:22PM (#22409805)
We have JIT compilers that can optimize "better" than static. People are still using the latter because there are other benefits that nobody from the ivory tower can beat.
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