Re: dedupe? wtf? why?
Newer languages and software architectures are utter catastrophe when it comes to memory use & management. For no added value except overly "architectured" code and runtimes for.. nearly zero gains (except trashing CPU caches by mis-aligning objects in memory and useless context switches). THAT'S why new software needs gigs of RAM.
You may be naïve thinking all this "progress" happen for the greater good. Mister commentard it is an industry with some of the most important issues on Earth (millions of billions of $, strategic information dominance, industry/military intelligence, ..) and it certainly is a filthy one.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
