Conspiracy Theory #1

[Travis Boucher]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 
> Today that reality is very visible already from certain spots. I've 
> recently switched fields from machine learning/nlp research to 
> web/industry. Although the fields are apparently very different, they 
> have a lot in common, along with the simple adage that obsession with 
> performance is a survival skill that (according to all trend 
> extrapolations I could gather) is projected to become more, not less, 
> important.
> 
> 
> Andrei

Except in the web world performance is network and parallelism (cloud 
computing). Much less code efficiency, much more programmer productivity 
(which currently is mutually exclusive, but doesn't have to be)