On Wed, Mar 12, 2008, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > "Martin v. L?wis" writes: >> >> Premature optimization is the root of all evil. > > Actually, Knuth's bon mot was "Premature optimization is the root of > all error."
>From my .sig database: "Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming." --C.A.R. Hoare (often misattributed to Knuth, who was himself quoting Hoare) "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil." --Knuth restates Hoare -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." --Butler Lampson _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
