On 6/5/22 11:03, kdevel wrote: > On Sunday, 5 June 2022 at 17:04:49 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: >> On 6/5/22 08:07, kdevel wrote: > [...] >> Like many other programmers who include me, Sean Parent may be right.[1] >> >> Other than being a trivial example to make a point, the code I've >> shown may be taking advantage of the "structure of array" optimization. > > "Premature optimization is ..."
You pulled important phrases like "Sean Parent" and "incidental data structure" and I countered with "structure of array" but "premature optimization" finally beat my argument. Wait... No! Proving my example ineffective does not disprove my argument. So, I take this exchange as a fun break.
> It's not "the" assert but another one. Nonetheless I take up the challenge:
I hereby withdraw my example. Ali
