When I grew up computers were slow and you had to spend a lot of time waiting for programs and games to load, and the startup time for a computer could be minutes. Since then a long time has passed, and with all the progress in technology and science you would think that todays computers would be fast as lightning.
But still I find myself waiting a lot. Especially on a PC, where programs can take ages to start, and keeps crashing now and then. It’s like it doesn’t matter how strong and fast computers gets, the programs are always a step ahead and too big for the computers to handle.
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Because it takes more time and better developers to make efficient software. The people that are really good at it can earn a lot of money optimizing the software run in big datacenters, or on supercomputers. Normal programs are usually only optimized to the point the customers will tolerate the product, then the developers are pulled to a different project or tasked with adding new features rather than making the program run faster.
Program language is also an issue. languages that execute slower but are faster to program in have gotten more popular.
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