OT: This Swift thing

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> We've also got machines that are so fast, it's not longer critical that
> we squeeze out every last iota of performance.  Oh, but wait, now we're
> trying to do absurd things like play full-motion video games on phones,
> where efficiency equates to battery life.  Sigh.

Efficiency will never stop being important. Efficiency will also never
be the one most important thing. No matter how much computing power
changes, those statements are unlikely to be falsified...

ChrisA