Re: [stella] A warning to newbies -- every cycle becomes sacred!

["Glenn Saunders" <cybpunks@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> VB, Java, .NET and friends all sacrifice (if you'll forgive the 
> oversimplification) speed for ease of programming and program maintenance.

But what you have to realize is that while modern computers are fast, they 
also have to do more than prior generations.  They have to run more tasks at 
once.

Maybe when developing it may seem like your app is so fast that you don't 
care about wasting some cycles, but if it's the type of app that is likely 
to be run in many processes (like IE windows, or embedded ActiveX controls 
like Flash or Windows Media Player) then you have to think of the cumulative 
effect of "slop".

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