Can Computer Code Be Greener? Facebook Thinks So

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Post by JereCoh » Fri, Nov 12, 2010, 5:24 PM UTC

Can Computer Code Be Greener? Facebook Thinks So
fastcompany.com

Re: Can Computer Code Be Greener? Facebook Thinks So

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Post by ahi » Fri, Nov 12, 2010, 6:58 PM UTC

http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/terminal_colours/

Re: Can Computer Code Be Greener? Facebook Thinks So

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Post by ianbishop » Fri, Nov 12, 2010, 7:07 PM UTC

Ehh, pretty silly article. It's essentially just taking an old story (release of HipHop) and modifying the context to (barely) fit with current Facebook press.

Re: Can Computer Code Be Greener? Facebook Thinks So

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Post by Rusky » Fri, Nov 12, 2010, 7:12 PM UTC

ianbishop wrote: post #3

Ehh, pretty silly article. It's essentially just taking an old story (release of HipHop) and modifying the context to (barely) fit with current Facebook press.

I think they did a pretty good job of explaining how things work, though. They didn't make outrageous claims and they kept a sense of perspective - they emphasized the application-specific nature of things.

I especially liked the sentence "But since C++ is rawer, in a sense--closer to those ones and zeroes that computers ultimately run on--it means there is less digestion, so to speak, involved."