> Then how come everything is so ridiculously slow these days, despite faster computers?
As you said, it's usually not a GC issue. Many of these ridiculously slow programs you talk about are written in C++.
As you said, it's usually not a GC issue. Many of these ridiculously slow programs you talk about are written in C++.
Summarising - using a GCed language instead of dropping a few occasional clone calls in the code is bad advice, unless the program is really a one-off fire and forget thing (but these are not 98% of software).
However I agree the idea only a few software need to run fast is bullcrap.