Re:The compiler will optimize that away
by pwdisswordfish8 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:23AM
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> this is the root cause we're discussing
It's not. Someone explained that browser makers spend billions on top talent to make browsers fast, and you posted a flippant comment — "are you joking?" — about your observations that performance of browsers is getting worse.
Now you're talking about stuff that web developers do on the pages that you visit.
Browsers are an example of software that is fast because companies have put effort into making them that way, instead of not caring. That's the claim made by the person you responded to. Dispute it, if you want, but don't make claims and then change the subject or shut down inquiry into the things that you're saying.
It's not. Someone explained that browser makers spend billions on top talent to make browsers fast, and you posted a flippant comment — "are you joking?" — about your observations that performance of browsers is getting worse.
Now you're talking about stuff that web developers do on the pages that you visit.
Browsers are an example of software that is fast because companies have put effort into making them that way, instead of not caring. That's the claim made by the person you responded to. Dispute it, if you want, but don't make claims and then change the subject or shut down inquiry into the things that you're saying.