• mbirth@lemmy.ml
    76·
    4 days ago

    Does the paper take into account the energy required to compile the code, the complexity of debugging and thus the required re-compilations after making small changes? Because IMHO that should all be part of the equation.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      121·
      3 days ago

      It’s a good question, but I think the amount of time spent compiling a language is going to be pretty tiny compared to the amount of time the application is running.

      Still - “energy efficiency” may be the worst metric to use when choosing a language.

        • esa@discuss.tchncs.de
          5·
          3 days ago

          And battery costs, including charging time, for a lot of devices. Users generally aren’t happy with devices that run out of juice all the time.

    • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      They compile each benchmark solution as needed, following the CLBG guidelines, but they do not measure or report the energy consumed during the compilation step.

      Time to write our own paper with regex and compiler flags.