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Subject: Re: [Starlink] It?s the Latency, FCC
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if that one programmer's code is used by millions of users, you are correct, but 
if it's used by dozens of users, not so much.

David Lang

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 04:07:54PM -0700, David Lang via Starlink wrote:
>> What right do you have to say that the programmer's time is less important
>> than the ram/bandwidth used?
>
> A single computer programmer saving some two hours in not optimizing code,
> costing 1 extra minute for each of a million of users.
>
> Bad trade-off in lifetime well-spent.
>
> Gert Doering
>        -- NetMaster
>