๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น ๐ณ๐ฬ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป? ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐?
Let’s think about this for a moment… Programming languages form the foundation for software. We use them to develop interfaces, server applications, apps, processes, interfaces and much more. Both when creating the software and when using the finished program, the programmer must translate the intended processes to the hardware in the computer, tablet or smartphone.
If this works well, the thing consumes little energy, if it works badly, the fan runs hot and the battery runs out quickly.
๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฬ๐ต๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ ๐ป๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต – ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ – ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐จ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ธ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป.
Studies(https://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sleFinal.pdf) show that subsequent energy consumption is not only influenced by the heroic achievements of software developers, but also starts with the choice of programming language. Some programming languages are much better at implementing what the developer has built on hardware than others.
๐ฃ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ% ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ-๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ “๐”. ๐ช๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฬ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป-๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ธ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ “๐” ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป.
Is this just a funny mind game or is there something serious behind it?
The IEA(https://network-king.net/de/power-play-der-zukunft-rechenzentren-weltweit-vor-verdopplung-ihrer-energie-nachfrage-bis-2026/) estimates the global energy consumption generated by calculations in data centers alone at over 200TWh per year. That’s 200 billion kWh. This does not take into account all our smartphones, tables, computers, routers, all the stuff at home that somehow “calculates”.
๐๐น๐๐ผ: ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎร, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ “๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป-๐๐ง” ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ “๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป” ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐.
Just think about it… in the end, we “Java fuzzies” might even save the planet ๐.
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