From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2009-04-11T09:05:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth

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On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 01:49:07AM +0900, Juan Zanos wrote:
>=20
> On 10 avr. 09, at 12:21, Leo wrote:
>=20
> >>Thanks in part to Ruby I rarely even need to commute.
> >
> >Just because the Internet doesn't move, doesn't mean its maintenance
> >doesn't require energy.
> >
>=20
> It's a classic example of premature optimization.  You need to
> measure energy use and then focus on the major issues.
> Otherwise you're wasting your time and you'll never make a
> difference.

Good luck measuring the comparative levels of energy use for different
activities in any kind of reasonable time without the use of computers.

The piddling energy usage of my computers is eclipsed by the good I can
do with them.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Peter Norvig: "Use the most natural notation available to solve
the problem, and then worry about writing an interpreter for that
notation."

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