Computer Speed Gains Erased By Modern Software
hackaday.com
[Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk, and recorded a quick video with it showing how fast this computer can do seemingly simple things, like open default Windows applications including t…

Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.

  • Edgardo@mastodon.world
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    1 year ago

    @Goronmon @jestyr Yes, Electron is not a programming language, my mistake.
    But there are few frameworks to make multiplatform software: Qt and Wxwidgets (C++), Swt and JavaFX (Java), PySide (Python), Electron (JavaScript), any other one?

    • Edgardo@mastodon.world
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      1 year ago

      @Goronmon @jestyr Only with the first two you can create optimised software (because C++), but only Qt is user (or developer) friendly.
      With a good GUI library, Rust or Go (or another similar language) could be added as an alternative to make multiplataform software.