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[MUD-Dev] Re: processors
From: diablo#best,com <diablo#best,com>
>J C Lawrence wrote:
>> diablo <diablo#best,com> wrote:
>Could someone like yourself, or someone similarly erudite about such
>matters speed things up by recoding? Probably, but there's a lot of code,
>and probably a _lot_ that needs doing. We'll certainly try to do it, but
>we will also be buying the fastest processor we can afford. I know it goes
>against the programmers ethic to dismiss a problem by saying "buy more
>memory" or "buy a new processor" but I've committed worse sins I suppose
>(though my new coder starts foaming at the mouth everytime I
>suggest it. I'm a little frightened that upgrading instead of optimizing
>will kill him.)
>
>> Unfortunately this whole area is a bit of an art. Very very tiny
>> changes made to systems can have massive performance returns (or
>> penalties).
>
>In that case, consider me the Thomas Kincaide of programming.
Your code look like there's a bonfire in its windows? *grin* Sorry, I
couldn't resist that one. Yes it's off topic, but have you ever really
looked at a Thomas Kincaide painting? Notice the windows. Every single
window of every single structure he has ever painted looks like there
is a roaring boinfire in the building. Have you ever seen a structure
that was so bright inside? *grin*
Quzah.
- Thread context:
- [MUD-Dev] Re: Question on c++ switch optimization, and parsers in general., (continued)
- [MUD-Dev] client images,
Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA, Sun 07 Feb 1999, 21:09 GMT
- [MUD-Dev] Re: processors,
John Bertoglio alexb#internetcds,com, Fri 29 Jan 1999, 07:11 GMT
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [MUD-Dev] Re: processors,
Quzah [softhome] quzah#softhome,net, Sun 31 Jan 1999, 07:33 GMT
- [MUD-Dev] Re: processors,
Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA, Mon 01 Feb 1999, 05:21 GMT
- [MUD-Dev] Re: processors,
gunderwood gunderwood#donet,com, Mon 01 Feb 1999, 21:05 GMT
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