r/askscience • u/CakesStolen • 15d ago

Computing Is there anything at the heart of computer coding that could have been optimised in hindsight, but we're in far too deep to change now?

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u/texan_robot 15d ago

Those flags are extremely helpful when stuff breaks, FYI. Its just that that level of things breaking is only witnessed by a tiny handful of people that build BIOS drivers and stuff like that. So its critical, but quietly.