> Van: [email protected] [mailto:programming- > [email protected]] Namens Bo Jacoby > Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] Polygon containment > > I think that one should usually resist the temptation to introduce > additional complexity into a program in order to speed it up a little in > special cases, because it may turn out to be slower in some other cases, > which is bad, and simplicity is lost, which is worse, and also bugs may be > introduced, which is very bad. (...)
My priorities differ: correctness comes first, then performance, then elegance. Efficiency improvements only count from a factor 2 upwards (Hui's rule). So "to speed it up a little in special cases" is too dismissive. R.E. Boss ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
