@chronaldragon @Zamzut Actually I would say that modern software is often _less_ complex in terms of what it does than 1990s software.
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@Zamzut I mean if there's any confusion about that, let's just start with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_(app)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@cmuratori @chronaldragon cmon you can't point out Yo without pointing out a game like Witcher 3 then, which runs at 30 fps1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Zamzut @chronaldragon The engine was developed in-house by the developer, and it's written direct in C/C++.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Zamzut @chronaldragon It's a perfect example of what Andrew is advocating.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori @chronaldragon yes there is poorly written software out there but many times its legitimately slow for good reason1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori @chronaldragon OS booting does a ton of work! Probe for hw, load drivers, init devices, mount filesystems, load processes, etc1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Zamzut @chronaldragon Like a sane OS these days, esp. on a laptop, would boot instantly. It'd just flat load a baked image into RAM.
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@Zamzut @chronaldragon The image would have all the drivers and startup state laid out. It'd literally be a fraction of a second boot.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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@Zamzut @chronaldragon Like you wouldn't even be able to perceive the boot time. It'd just be on.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like - Show replies
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