Maybe there will even be more interest in the invention and use of more advanced algorithms and data structures that use less memory?
Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
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Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#2Programmers won't, but LLMs will.
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#3I've dumped python for anything that doesn't involve scipy / pytorch in favor of go. So yes, I'm having my llm's output go now which is generally more memory efficient than python.
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#4Lad, modern day "programmers" don't even know what memory is. You'll be lucky to find any "software engineer" who can even tell you what a pointer is.
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#5I don't think at this point in history limitations drive the the way we do things, abundance does.
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#6Lad, modern day "programmers" don't even know what memory is. You'll be lucky to find any "software engineer" who can even tell you what a pointer is.
I can refer you to some documentation on the topic. ;)
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#7Unless users complain it’s not going to happen. Somehow SPA (Single-page application) consume memory as much as operating system.
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#8I don't see the trend reversing, but if we're lucky, perhaps a freeze. Won't get more efficient but may not get worse.
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#9Only if people start buying computers with less memory, if they just buy fewer computers it doesn’t seem worhwhile.
Re: Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
#10Programmers won't, but LLMs will.