A.2  Designed for Building Large Business Applications Watch Video ×

sheerpower was designed from the ground up specifically to build large business applications with constantly evolving business rules. To support this, sheerpower provides:

• Code compiling and linking speeds of over 500,000 source lines per second are typical.
• Code that is designed to work with future releases without any need for change.
• An optimized runtime engine designed for millions of complex operations per second.
• Language constructs that help developers focus on business rules.

sheerpower's use of internal caching and hinting, coupled with its assumption of abundant RAM, allows it to deliver high-performance applications. This design philosophy leverages modern hardware capabilities to optimize efficiency, speed, and user experience, making sheerpower a powerful choice for contemporary software development.

Speed of execution assumptions

• network access is slowest
• disk access is faster than network access
• memory access is faster than disk access
• computation is faster than memory access

For example, if we can reduce accessing the network by caching data in memory, we will do so.

Cost in Dollars Assumptions

• disk space is cheapest
• RAM is more expensive than disk space
• CPUs are more expensive than RAM

sheerpower was designed to be easy to write, easy to maintain, and easy to debug. Professional developers can learn sheerpower in a matter of hours and master it in a few weeks. Using sheerpower quickly becomes a lifestyle where they rapidly implement business applications. This frees developers to focus more on what they need to accomplish and less on how to accomplish it.

Advantages of sheerpower's Ultra-Fast Compile Speeds

• Rapid Iteration: Quickly make and test code changes, reducing development time.
• Instant Feedback: Immediate compilation results help identify and fix errors quickly.
• Enhanced Productivity: Less waiting time between code changes and testing allows for more efficient workflows.
• Improved Debugging: Fast compile times enable frequent testing and debugging, leading to more robust code.
• Greater Enjoyment: Quick turnaround in compiling and testing makes the development process more enjoyable and less frustrating.

sheerpower is a procedural language. Its logic is easy to follow. Its statements and routines are easy to read. They are designed to be very readable - like reading a story. This reduces code maintenance costs.

sheerpower's runtime environment is highly scalable and extremely fast, typically much faster than Python or PHP when manipulating string data or performing database operations.