Did we lose our way in making efficient software? — ~30 MB doc file vs browser
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Yesterday, my father told me he needed to install Microsoft Word on his laptop to work on his doc file.
  • Lvxferre
    2·
    7 months ago

    Yes.

    I see three causes for that: inefficiency strictu sensu, feature creep, diminishing returns. But ultimately all three backtrack to Moore’s Law.

    • Jyek@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      7 months ago

      Also you didn’t need efficient software when the boundaries of hardware limitation have been so far from the requirements of most software