SPUG: Does Perl Scale? (Was: Evolution of Perl)

[Melissa D. Binde]

Twas brillig, on Mon Aug 13 at 10:37:05 AM, and Brian Aker burbled:

> Speed (unless you use very poorly written algorithms, (which are
> normally the
> heart of all optimization issues)) is a minor issue that can be worked
> out
> with hardware. Hardware is cheaper then developer's time. 

As with all truisms, though, this fails at a point, and it's fully possible
to do things like outpace the available hardware and have severe problems
with your (poorly-optimized) application.

It's important to not use that statement to justify "developers should never
have to write good code or optimize it, because hardware is always cheaper
than their time."




-M.

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