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"Performance is rarely the primary reason to choose a language, but it’s certainly a nice bonus."

(X) Doubt


F, but yes. I think it often isn't the primary reason (look at how much crap is written in Python or Ruby) but I wouldn't say "rarely" or we wouldn't have so much code written in C/C++.

It's probably true to say it is rarely the primary consideration in B2B backends.


I've been looking for a list like this for months.




I thought laptops with Darwin kernel.


Same here mate :)


"How does Street Fighter accelerates playback speed when a round situation becomes critical (contestant low health). It doesn't. These are hard-coded separate music tracks".

That's surprising.


Not really. The low health tracks aren't just sped up, they're compositions in their own right. Because of that, a separate track ID makes total sense as they are different music tracks.


Agreed. Steve Jobs invented the first computer.


I thought it was a new file transfer protocol.


Full of lies.


[citation needed]


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