From: "25.BX943" <25BZ493@nada.net>
Subject: Re: Comparing languages wrt energy, speed, and memory use
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 22:31:19 -0500 [thread overview]
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On 2/20/22 5:59 PM, Jerry wrote:
> This paper comparing 27 languages with respect to energy use, speed, and memory use is interesting. Of course Ada fares very well.
>
> https://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sleFinal.pdf
>
> It is linked from this Slashdot page which I'm sure is full of useless chatter.
>
> https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/02/20/0143226/is-it-more-energy-efficient-to-program-in-rust
After 30+ years, I started messing around with FORTRAN again.
One of the things I noticed in the various help notes online
was that programmers were actually comparing the numbers of
cycles and executables size for various ways of solving any
particular problem.
This sort of thinking is rarely seen these days except in the
microcontroller universe - and less even there because the
RAM/ROM and speed of those devices has increased.
ADA is another language where overall "efficiency" gets at
least some consideration.
With energy costs rising, maybe it's time to see MORE of these
discussions and comparisons. Global warming be damned - this is
a MONEY issue ! :-)
Oh, and rising power costs may disappear the crypto sector.
Those boxes full of GPUs calculating like mad - the power
usage is stupendous. Once the energy in begins to exceed the
value of the Bitcoins out - it's all over.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-20 22:59 Comparing languages wrt energy, speed, and memory use Jerry
2022-02-22 20:10 ` Fernando Oleo Blanco
2022-02-22 20:49 ` J-P. Rosen
2022-02-24 7:42 ` G.B.
2022-02-24 9:13 ` Fernando Oleo Blanco
2022-02-27 3:31 ` 25.BX943 [this message]
2022-02-27 8:05 ` Robin Vowels
2022-02-27 8:56 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
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