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"There is absolutely no reason we have to use increasingly inefficient and poorly-constructed software with steeper and steeper hardware requirements in the decades to come."

The term "we" as used here hopefully means individual, free-thinking computer users, not so-called "tech" companies

If Silicon Valley companies want to use increasingly-inefficient, poorly-constructed, resource-insatiable software, then nothing stops them from doing do

"Forth is not easy. It may not always even be pleasant. But it is certainly simple."

Complex isn't easy, either

That is why (a) "insecurity", unreliability, expense, etc. and (b) complexity generally go hand-in-hand



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