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by JimDabell 15 hours ago
No, you are ignoring my central point by assuming that the amount of software that is being produced remains fixed. Every other time we have increased software engineer productivity, we have responded by producing more software.
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pulse7 14 hours ago
So it's similar to "Andy and Bill's Law" [1]: "What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away".

If Windows would stay the same (and not grow) it would be much faster on newer CPUs...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_Bill%27s_law

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amelius 13 hours ago
Yes, it addresses your second point.

I'm not saying your entire point is invalid, just that half of it is not correct, and so things might turn out worse than expected.

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