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by mananaysiempre 443 days ago
That is more glib than insightful, I think: the programming equivalent of “as fast as you can” in this metaphor would likely be measured in lines of code, not CPU-seconds.
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skavi 443 days ago
in certain situations, latency is an aspect of correctness. HFT and robotics come to mind.
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z3phyr 443 days ago
Always think from the users perspective. For a lot of applications, when a user does something, it should happen with minimal latency.
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