“Ah, crap, I forgot about RAM”, I said. “No problem”, the shopkeeper replied, “RAM is cheap”
That was also the mindset in programming up to very recently. Memory is cheap and plentiful, so you didn’t need to worry too much for all but the most conservative of memory management.
Strange to think that with how computers are today, we’re looping back around to resource-limited compute, not because of software bloat or anything, but that people won’t be able to afford to change their computers out for something more powerful.
That was also the mindset in programming up to very recently. Memory is cheap and plentiful, so you didn’t need to worry too much for all but the most conservative of memory management.
Strange to think that with how computers are today, we’re looping back around to resource-limited compute, not because of software bloat or anything, but that people won’t be able to afford to change their computers out for something more powerful.