17:29:00 <hyc> xmrig's impl is only a couple percent faster here and there, on specific CPU models
17:29:10 <hyc> there are no massive gains to be had anywhere
17:29:37 <hyc> implementing RandomX in rust is kind of pointless, unless you're just looking for an exercise to learn rust.
17:45:39 <m-relay> <k​ayabanerve:monero.social> Sorry, why is another implementation of a hash function pointless?
17:47:56 <m-relay> <k​ayabanerve:monero.social> Is the comment it's likely going to have suboptimal performance due to the above miner conversation, and isn't an inefficient use of time?
17:48:34 <m-relay> <k​ayabanerve:monero.social> Like, 'it's pointless to redo RandomX just to do a miner'?
17:50:09 <hyc> the source language is largely irrelevant since RandomX is its own virtual machine
17:50:34 <hyc> my comment is it's pointless to do it *in rust*
17:51:28 <hyc> but yes, it would mainly be a waste of time to do it *at all*
17:52:52 <hyc> the only rewrite worth doing is in C, which will gain a couple percent here and there and reduce code size a bit here and there.
17:53:19 <hyc> but the overall gain is tiny. I got most of the way through and realized that it was way past diminishing returns already.
17:53:51 <hyc> the only other reason to finish the C rewrite is to eliminate the dependency bloat of the C++ runtime library
17:54:39 <hyc> a consideration that doesn't even matter here since the main projects are all in C++ and paying that cost already
18:20:28 <m-relay> <j​babb:cypherstack.com> What IDE do you (alls o yous) recommend for Monero dev work, please?  I'm using Android Studio for other work projects but it isn't well-sutied for C++.  I use VS Code from time to time and emacs here and there, but find myself editing in plain text more than is probably useful because AS is a RAM hog and maybe I just haven't invested enough time into VS Code or VS in general to be comforable w it
18:20:29 <m-relay> <j​babb:cypherstack.com> please share any IDE recommendations, gurus 🙏
18:27:09 <hyc> vim + shell ...
18:57:40 <m-relay> <r​brunner7:monero.social> I use VS Code and I am quite happy with it. Tons of extensions around if the base editor lacks something you would like to have. I find it a bit ironic that out of all possible organisations, communities and similar it was Microsoft to write *the* open source IDE for Linux ...