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On 3/2/07, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A superb (IMNSHO) writer on VB and Java, Gary Cornell, has 3 rules of optimization: 1. Don't! 2. Don't! 3. Don't!
If you have a budget that allows for infinite hardware upgrades.
He refers specifically to "cute" programming techniques that become unmaintainable.
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That's a separate issue from optimizations (see KISS). Out of curiousity,
who is in favor of 'cute' techniques that become ummaintainable?
"First make it work, then make it fast" - The Elements of Programming Style
While, as a general rule, "Programmer productivity is more important than
machine productivity" is correct, if nightly posts are still running
(on the largest
machine IBM sells) when the morning shift arrives an exception has been found.
Chris "Thank God for Performance Explorer" Pando
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