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2026-02-22,
of software and hardware

Privet, Sunday, 22 February 12026 HE
2026-02-22 | 26B22 | 2026-053 | 2461094
2026-W08-7 | Q1 | Primavera

generator room, Hoover Dam, Nevada

2014-08-25 – Olympus PEN E-PL1
generator room, Hoover Dam, Nevada

Sertab Erener – “Every Way That I Can” ↗

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Software gets slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.

—Wirth’s Law

one of the classic examples of Wirth’s Law is the Java programming language – it’s long had a reputation of being slow and it’s only starting to shed that reputation somewhat recently – and, I think, that’s only because hardware is finally catching up to Java’s needs – because of its slowness, Java never really took off in the role of creating web apps (write once, run everywhere) but it seems to have found its niche on enterprise mainframes where it’s gaining a foothold in the fintech industry, holding its own against COBOL – again, on hardware that can finally meet its needs

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