They don't have to be large. But optimisation isn't free. I can write a bloated program in one hour that uses 1MB. In one day you can write a program that is functionality equivalent that uses 1KB. 10x the time for 1000x the benefit. Sounds amazing! Except what if you have 1GB available? At this point MB vs KB seems like a rounding error. Why wouldn't someone develop 5-10 apps instead of one?
Unless your position is that being efficient has zero cost?
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And what is the reason to have giant footprints today? Do they also have to?
Software that "probably works" is broken for me.
They don't have to be large. But optimisation isn't free. I can write a bloated program in one hour that uses 1MB. In one day you can write a program that is functionality equivalent that uses 1KB. 10x the time for 1000x the benefit. Sounds amazing! Except what if you have 1GB available? At this point MB vs KB seems like a rounding error. Why wouldn't someone develop 5-10 apps instead of one?
Unless your position is that being efficient has zero cost?