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The cost of a byte

The size of an app has wide-reaching consequences on user experience. At first glance, you might consider slower install times, more install failures, and a higher uninstall rate. But it doesn’t stop there. Unnecessary code leads to rising compile times. Large binaries increase how much work the runtime does to lookup conformances, slowing down every aspect of an app. The more classes you have, the more work is done by dyld, slowing app launches, and increasing memory usage. Some users pay for bandwidth usage, creating a literal direct cost to download your app. The effects even reach beyond your users, to the energy usage of the Internet as it transfers app downloads.

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In defense of complicated programming languages

As an artifact, software is quite different from the physical creations of other crafts: Producing it consumes no raw materials. It requires no specialized tools to manufacture even the highest quality code. The product has no weight, and its physical distribution is almost effortless. There is almost no cost to producing millions of copies and shipping them all around the world.

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