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A comment on Ask HN: How were video games from the 90s so efficient?.

Re:Ask HN: How were video games from the 90s so efficient? by DeathArrow on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:07AM (#29128099)
Optimizing software means 99% percent of the time to not pessimize it. That is not write code that is not necessary, don't make the CPU run code which isn't needed to accomplish the task.

Casey Muratori explains it well: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pgoetgxecw8

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Re:Ask HN: How were video games from the 90s so efficient? by heywintermute on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:08AM (#29128102)
YT link doesn't work
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Re:Ask HN: How were video games from the 90s so efficient? by DeathArrow on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:29AM (#29128163)
Thanks, I fixed it.
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