On May 10, Peter Scott said:
>At 05:55 PM 5/10/01 -0400, Jeff Pinyan wrote:
>>That sorting method does a lot of work -- that is, it does things more
>>than once. I suggest you use a schwarztian transform, or the Orcish
>>manuever, to increase speed.
>
>I'd like our beginners to take home the message that you shouldn't optimize
>for performance until it's clear you need to. Otherwise you're just
>wasting programmer time. Premature optimization is the root of, etc.
While I agree, it's a good idea to know why things are slow, and why
things can be improved. It's also a good idea if the user knows WHY
sort { function($a) <=> function($b) } ...
does a lot of work.
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