digitalmars.D - Ecological Impact of High-performance Computing
"Educators may want to reconsider teaching Python to University students. There are plenty environmentally friendly alternatives." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiwghkHWkAEzbMx?format=jpg Python is the more CO2-intensive and less efficient of the languages in astronomy, argues https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.11295v1.pdf Bit coin mining could probably the worst offender here, but who doesn't like money!?
Sep 25 2020
Abdulhaq <alynch4047 gmail.com> On Friday, 25 September 2020 at 21:26:15 UTC, Arun wrote:"Educators may want to reconsider teaching Python to University students. There are plenty environmentally friendly alternatives." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiwghkHWkAEzbMx?format=jpg Python is the more CO2-intensive and less efficient of the languages in astronomy, argues https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.11295v1.pdfThis is a very important subject, thanks for bringing it up. This could be a real killer feature for D as the world population grows and our dependency on computing increases.Bit coin mining could probably the worst offender here, but who doesn't like money!?But is Bitcoin money!?
Sep 27 2020
On Friday, 25 September 2020 at 21:26:15 UTC, Arun wrote:"Educators may want to reconsider teaching Python to University students. There are plenty environmentally friendly alternatives." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiwghkHWkAEzbMx?format=jpg Python is the more CO2-intensive and less efficient of the languages in astronomy, argues https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.11295v1.pdf Bit coin mining could probably the worst offender here, but who doesn't like money!?Here's another article on this important subject: https://thenewstack.io/which-programming-languages-use-the-least-electricity/
Oct 18 2020