On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 11:09 -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:47:44PM -0500, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > > > > > > I'm not syaing drop to assembly, or throw out encapsulation or legibility > > to improve performance. I'm saying think about performance when you code > > and design. The modern "well Murphys law will save us" cult is going to be > > in for a big surprise with processor speeds begining to flatline. > > Wow! Are we really talking about dropping into assembler? What are you > guys running on, an 80286? > > You _really_ need to learn (and use) a good scripting language. > Developer time is far more precious a resource than processing power > these days.
lan, lan, didn't mamma teach you to avoid generalizations? ;) no all types of applications can assume what you're claiming. there are applications where performance matters a lot. further more, you should remember that "far more precious" depends on who you're asking. if one programmer writes a program that is used by 1,000,000 users, then the time of those 1,000,000 users is far more precious then the time of this one programmer. if, by spending X more days, this one programmer could save Y (>> X) days for the 1,000,000 users all together - determining what is preferable is not as obvious as you're making it look. --guy -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
