Computer pseudo science

[mcc@mastodon.social]

Computer pseudo science

[typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt]

@mcc oh one example is when people have superstitious beliefs regarding performance. like "if you use fewer variables the program will be faster".

[pixx@merveilles.town]

@typeswitch @mcc

That's - not necessarily false, though?

Removing variables can actually make programs faster, because it can result in more of them fitting in registers, better cache utilization, etc

...which the people removing variables for speed definitely always know

[typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt]

@pixx @mcc If you remove tires from a car it will be lighter, if a car is lighter it will go faster, so removing tires makes a car go faster . . .