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> Remember that software is at its core procedural.

> Computers do this thing, then they do that thing, then sometimes some other thing. High-level languages and object-oriented design are fanfare and pageantry distracting from our fundamentally humble jobs: pecking out if-then statements.

Then just use C and reap the speed & ram benefits!

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Well actually if you're just using the machine as the machine, you should be coding in Assembler anyway. If you're not unrolling your own loops, you're wasting processor time.

This was the line that made my eyes roll the hardest. Just remember that all cars are at their core internal combustion engines!

Are they not? What's the sole purpose of a car other than to go from point A to point B?

Bicycles are also an excellent means of going from point A to point B, and they're quite a bit simpler than a car.

Internal combustion engines are useful for other tasks, such as powering a generator.

We shouldn't confuse the task with the tool.

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