> The knowledge of the compiler in a statically typed language can be used in a number of ways, and improving performance is one of them. It’s one of the least important, though, and one of the least interesting.
Erm... no. I don't mean to invalidate the whole article from just this quote, but it's this kind of thinking is what makes today's applications slow, from browsers to office suites and web-sites. Wasting computing resources because you can, is a lazy way of thinking about development in my opinion.
Erm... no. I don't mean to invalidate the whole article from just this quote, but it's this kind of thinking is what makes today's applications slow, from browsers to office suites and web-sites. Wasting computing resources because you can, is a lazy way of thinking about development in my opinion.