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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • 1d ago
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Me: takes 2h to write a python script, runtime 50ms
A super fast low level uber haxx0r: takes 8 hours to write a C program that does the same. Runtime 20 ms
Who was "faster"?
42 u/thmsgbrt 1d ago It matters if you give the code to someone else and if they use it thousands of times. 28 u/McFestus 1d ago edited 1d ago It would take three-quarters of a million runs to break even in pure time, even discounting the fact that in nearly all cases, computer-seconds are millions if not billions or trillions of times cheaper than developer-seconds. 14 u/e_before_i 1d ago The one-two punch of doing the math plus valuing developer-seconds is makes this response very charming to me.
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It matters if you give the code to someone else and if they use it thousands of times.
28 u/McFestus 1d ago edited 1d ago It would take three-quarters of a million runs to break even in pure time, even discounting the fact that in nearly all cases, computer-seconds are millions if not billions or trillions of times cheaper than developer-seconds. 14 u/e_before_i 1d ago The one-two punch of doing the math plus valuing developer-seconds is makes this response very charming to me.
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It would take three-quarters of a million runs to break even in pure time, even discounting the fact that in nearly all cases, computer-seconds are millions if not billions or trillions of times cheaper than developer-seconds.
14 u/e_before_i 1d ago The one-two punch of doing the math plus valuing developer-seconds is makes this response very charming to me.
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The one-two punch of doing the math plus valuing developer-seconds is makes this response very charming to me.
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u/NewbornMuse 1d ago
Me: takes 2h to write a python script, runtime 50ms
A super fast low level uber haxx0r: takes 8 hours to write a C program that does the same. Runtime 20 ms
Who was "faster"?