multi-core software

[Emile van Sebille]

On 6/9/2009 11:59 AM Jon Harrop said...
> toby wrote:
>> On Jun 7, 2:41 pm, Jon Harrop <j... at ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
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>>> No. Most programmers still care about performance
>> Frequently when they shouldn't.
> 
> I disagree. A lot of software is still far too slow because the programmers
> failed to pay attention to performance. 

For a properly written spec, performance is spec'd and paid for.

> Blogspot in Firefox being one
> example: it can barely keep up with my typing!

There are so many ways that's not the program.

Performance,accuracy,cost -- pick two sacrifice one.

Emile