[helix278]

You make it sound like reducing the big O complexity is a dumb thing to do in research, but this is really the only way to make lasting progress in computer science. Computer architectures become obsolete as hardware changes, but any theoretical advances in the problem space will remain true forever.

[BobbyTables2]

No, my point was the opposite, I agree with you. But the commercial focus on throwing hardware at the problem seems to have gotten entirely out of hand.