it was greener (grassland, savannas) but definitely not a rain forest.
And in fact it was also the same for Arabia. More grassland and savannas than today.
But it was only partial: there was some desert area too.
They were just not a large and mostly very dry desert like today.
Yes the clean and efficient alternative would be a session manager "server" running on the server and communicating with the terminal "client" (like kitty) using a more efficient protocol for handling panes/windows/drawing etc...
True ! that's why I said medium sized car. :)
And I don't use it for commuting to work or go to groceries. So what's remaining needs a car with descent size and range for 2 persons.
Best alternative for me would be that a fair car sharing/rental system develop even more so I can ditch my car and only rent the car size I need for the trip.
Even if compilers are better now, if possible it is better to wrap any IO memory access into ioread/iowrite inline (no cost) functions.
This can then be implemented in a way known to be safe for the compiler used. And that can be changed easily in case the architecture or the compiler changes ( yeah abstraction ! )
That's exactly how we were able to go to the moon in 55 years ago. And why it's complicated today.
It was of course lot of money. But it was mostly a lot of highly skilled, motivated devoted people doing for an ultimate common goal.
Money would not have been sufficient by itself.