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Re:Can you trust a compiler to optimize your code? by DarkNova6 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @11:49AM (#36957632)
I'm not sure about this. There are simple JS applications like Postman which can be unbearably slow (try closing tabs in fast succession, you will know what I mean). And this is for local-only data.
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Re:Can you trust a compiler to optimize your code? by The_Colonel on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:25PM (#36958217)
JavaScript is the fastest scripting language in existence and it's not close.

It's strange that people automatically suspect it has to be the culprit as opposed to e. g. bad application programmers or (more likely) product owners putting more focus on features at the cost of optimization.

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