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	(Sponsor this newsletter) Comment on Reader Q&A: "Will C++ remain indispensable…?" by Magnus It *should* be a silly question to ask if the main industrial-strength language that emits fast native code has a future. Otherwise, what’s the point of CPU manufacturers continuing to strive to make their chips faster and use less power? But here is the sad reality. The “critical measure” for writing code for server systems (besides the sector Herb mentioned) isn’t speed, it isn’t power efficiency, and it isn’t even programmer productivity. It’s programmer salaries. This is the overriding concern of the employers of most professional programmers today. Large companies might think they care about productivity, but to them driving down salaries is more important. Look at modern trends, and look at the FizzBuzz phenomenon to see how much value is really placed on competency. As for mobile platforms, C++’s benefits are even less important. The “critical measure” is getting your stupid (cr)applet out to as many tablets/phones as possible. Herb himself linked to an article a couple of weeks ago showing the dire state of the mobile ecosystem. Who cares if your finely-tuned, well-written app can run for ten hours straight if there are ten other dodgy apps that have killed the battery long within that time? This isn’t even an important issue, more urgent is how many apps that leak credit card or login details to the outside world in plaintext. Fast mobile code doesn’t matter even to OS developers, a guy wrote his own jpeg coder in C and assembler that outperform’s Apple’s native one for an app that can take lots of hires photos rapidly. Read More » Comment on Recommended reading: Why mobile web apps are slow (Drew Crawford) by ダウン 服 クリスチャンルブタンメンズ通販 ダウン 服 http://www.forshoppingbackwardjp.biz/ Read More »
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