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by CyberDildonics 2077 days ago
I would rather know what they did to warrant using over 20x the memory they are using now. I'm surprised people aren't embarrassed about that type of thing, but what happens here is people brag about fixing an egregious mistake.

If someone makes improvements on a mature program that a lot of people have worked on, that is impressive. If someone uses 20x the memory they need, that is fixing something that should never have shipped in the first place.

Then they say this memory reduction is reducing the program's ecological footprint. DDR4 uses 1.5 watts. In one day your refrigerator will use more electricity than your memory will in a year.