5 points | by nrposner an hour ago
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Outside of high-frequency trading and real-time control, where is speed a serious design priority for modern end-user-facing software?
I used to program in Classic Visual Basic, which was considered slow by many. I optimized the code and used ADO ReadOnly when I didn't write data but only read it. What used to take 15 minutes took 15 seconds in Crystal Reports and other tools.
Outside of high-frequency trading and real-time control, where is speed a serious design priority for modern end-user-facing software?
I used to program in Classic Visual Basic, which was considered slow by many. I optimized the code and used ADO ReadOnly when I didn't write data but only read it. What used to take 15 minutes took 15 seconds in Crystal Reports and other tools.