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No, it’s not always quicker to do things in memory (computer)
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| March 25, 2015
| Phil Johnson
Posted on 03/26/2015 8:27:11 PM PDT by Utilizer
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To: Utilizer
So cache is not necessarily king?
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:21:15 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Squawk 8888
True, but since some systems use SSD drives I think this article brings up some valid points.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:25:36 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
To: GMMC0987
Especially considering how fast hard drives of today have become.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:26:19 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
To: FredZarguna
Good post. I have to ask, out of all the devs you’ve run into, what percentage would you say fall into the “good coders” group?
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:27:46 PM PDT
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TheZMan
(I am a secessionist.)
To: kosciusko51
Interesting comments at article. Many saying that the code was poorly written. This has been a continuing problem over the years. More and more coders are relying upon greater amounts of memory to accomplish their goals instead of streamlining the processes.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:28:13 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
To: Utilizer
Wait, you mean writing smart, efficient code rules the day? Imagine that.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:29:17 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(I am a secessionist.)
To: Paladin2
I STILL code in Assembly. :) Thanks for the plug, mate. You want fast, small, and efficient? Assembly code is the way to go!
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:31:29 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
To: Utilizer
Not sure if they’ve improved much since then, but my experience with SSDs has been that they’re significantly slower than disks. That was a few months ago, though...
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:31:46 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
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To: Utilizer
Yep, assembler is wonderful unless you need the software to be ready before the device is obsolete ;)
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:33:04 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
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To: ltc8k6
It helps to have an OS that knows not to write overmuch to the disk.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:33:10 PM PDT
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Utilizer
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To: Utilizer
If millions of instances are going to be run for years, it makes sense to spend more time on the programming to get it efficient. Management is often concerned with having just one or two guys knowlegeable about the magic.....
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:35:16 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: Utilizer
Spagetti code was done for good reason.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:36:44 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: ltc8k6
SSDs are faster than disk now? I’ve been out of the loop too long...
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:37:21 PM PDT
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Squawk 8888
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To: Ken H
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:39:07 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: TheZMan
I’ve been in the programming racket for 25 years now and have only met about half a dozen programmers who know how to produce efficient code. The volume of kludges that get rolled out in mission-critical applications is truly frightening.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:40:14 PM PDT
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Squawk 8888
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To: Utilizer
Game programmers had all sorts of tricks to speed up frequently run code.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:41:28 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: Squawk 8888
Exception handling is always an issue.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:42:35 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Yep, the worst are the exception handlers that include the “ignore” option.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:46:32 PM PDT
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Squawk 8888
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To: Squawk 8888
I think that depends on which SSD's are installed. Samsung has their own
software and I use intel SSD's with the Rapid storage and is a huge benefit.
There is one off brand name SSD in the case and it gets no software benefits.
Regardless of that, clocking my i7 CPU to 4.2ghz from even 4.0ghz gives a large increase
in speed that can be seen. The bottleneck is still the same for Video cards, and it's
always been the CPU.
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:48:58 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
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To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
03/26/2015 9:49:34 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
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