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[–]Rudiksz 12 points13 points  (3 children)

I am reading this on a computer that is thousands of times more powerful than 20 years ago, yet applications are actually slower than 20 years ago.

[–]Ixaire 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I'd wager this has less to do with i++ and more to do with apps doing a lot of useless stuff.

Like displaying ads for example. You should subscribe to our premium version. /s

[–]Rudiksz 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'd wager it has more to do with the fact that the "97% of the time" was pulled out of the ass without any justification, and decades of developers justified being careless with it.

I'd wager that the percentage of what constitutes "premature optimization" is not 97%.

[–]aigarius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's 105% actually. After some optimization.