Re: Speed
Marc Brooks <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 13:57, Mike<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thinking about future study/work plans... > Is Windows 7 going to be faster than XP? Yes, on identical hardware, seems zipper after a fresh repave (and full patch-cycle). > Is VS 2010 going to be faster than the preceding versions? The compilers, etc. Probably. the IDE, I doubt it. I suspect it will be slower as every version so far has gotten slower. > Is Silverlight going to be faster than a JavaScript-heavy app in a good > browser, eg Chrome? That's a tough question to answer, because it depends on how much you are doing on the client-side. The thicker the client, the more MSIL->JIT will trump the JS->JIT... but at this point in development, time-to-market with functionality and rapidity of updates seems to drive the market more (excepting in the corporate IT world). So, the real question is "where can I be most effective as a developer", not what screams faster. >The untestable GUI spaghetti model has been a problem since > way before even VB6. So, why are so many bloggers/podcasters > suddenly just now starting to talk about it? Because there are now tools and products that make a 15 minute dump on the tech understandable... that's the level of bloggers and podcasters... not real-world use. Marc