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Re:Why modern software is slow by avgcorrection on Friday September 30, 2022 @01:26AM (#33031323)
> This is why I love working in fintech.

The prototypical nerd would happily work on building a nuke capable of destroying a continent if that entailed letting him work on “hard problems”.

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Re:Why modern software is slow by labster on Friday September 30, 2022 @01:47AM (#33031419)
I wouldn’t work on a continent-destroying nuke unless the project used Rust. Wouldn’t want it to be unsafe.
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Re:Why modern software is slow by DrBazza on Friday September 30, 2022 @03:13AM (#33031923)
Obligatory - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180228-00/?p=98...

Missiles don't really need GC or RAII. They have their own special resource clean up.

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Re:Why modern software is slow by mr_mitm on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:56AM (#33032925)
Oh you mean the Manhattan project?
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