null references redux + Looney Tunes

[Jeremie Pelletier]

language_fan wrote:
> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:16:05 -0400, Jeremie Pelletier thusly wrote:
> 
>> I expect my $3k computer to not slow down to a crawl
>> because its software is written in a "safe" way and I like people with
>> older computers to still be able to run my programs without waiting 5
>> minutes between any two mouse clicks.
> 
> Your $3k computer can probably run about 7200 billion instructions in 5 
> minutes - it will eventually get old in the coming years. I really hope 
> the bloat in various software components never gets that bad that you 
> would have to wait 5 minutes between two mouse clicks!

I was talking about older computers (for example a PIII 500Mhz), I know 
my laptop will perform just fine for the next 5-10 years :)