This was mentioned on slashdot…
They are claiming that progress on algorithms beats progress in hardware because a few algorithms have gotten a lot faster.
Problem is, people are going to believe this is true of all algorithms, and then they are going to generalize to all of programming – and there’s NO evidence to suggest that programs are any better. In fact thanks to the bloatware that is so popular these days we need more and more horsepower just to do the same crap.
Progress in Algorithms Beats Moore’s Law « Algorithmic Game-Theory/Economics.
This is simply goofy – just because they can point to a few algorithms as having been vastly improved does not mean all algorithms have progressed. What’s sad is that so many have picked this up and run with it as though it is meaningful.
Truth is programs have NOT gotten better so whether or not they can waste time more quickly is moot. Also, if they don’t run correctly it really doesn’t matter how fast they do it.
Faster is not always better.
