Java > Scala

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Somedude" <lovelydear at mailmetrash.com> wrote in message 
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> Le 02/12/2011 23:27, Timon Gehr a écrit :
>> On 12/02/2011 10:50 PM, Somedude wrote:
>>> Le 02/12/2011 22:44, Timon Gehr a écrit :
>>>> It feels like 5 minutes if you are accustomed to open the text editor
>>>> and start working.
>>>>
>>>> But I am sure there is something to IDE's, as many programmers seem to
>>>> like them.
>>>
>>> The thing is, when you work in Java, you need 2Gb of RAM to be
>>> comfortable. Then you simply never close your IDE, so that's really not
>>> an issue at all (we don't turn off the PC at work).
>>
>> So you waste even more energy? How is that not an issue?
>
> Even with a simple text editor, I wouldn't turn it off, because I don't
> feel like having to reopen every single window that was open the day
> before each morning. At best, I would put it in "hibernate" mode (or
> whatever that's called), i.e the RAM is still alive while the rest of
> the computer is off, so I don't have to reboot. That's what I usually do
> at home.
> I know it's not a very good habit, yet I am one of the most conscious at
> work. Some others don't even bother to turn off the screen.

Hibernate saves the RAM (and presumably other hardware state) to HDD and 
then turns the machine entirely off, RAM and all. Then, when you turn it 
back on, it just restores it all from the disk, which is much faster than 
letting everything go through the usual startup routines. It is pretty 
nifty. I don't use it personally because I've had problems with it (possibly 
b/c I'm on XP), but it is pretty clever.