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		lbrandy on June 3, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is your startup something other than a web app? There are a million reasons but let me give you a simple one: if it can produce faster code. Giving 10% performance improvement in some fields (games?) is worth a metric buttload of money.

oditogre on June 3, 2008 [–]

3% in games would be worth a metric buttload of money, where the difference in 'playable on N Ghz CPU' and 'playable on N - 0.2 Ghz CPU' could double your potential buyers.

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