Re: case vs if-else

2012-08-19 Thread Robert Klemme
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Charles Hixson wrote: > The point was that because it's hard to tell what is fast and what is slow, > bad decisions are often made. The situation is not that bad. For example, we know that - from a certain number of entries on - it is much faster to use hash loo

Re: case vs if-else

2012-08-19 Thread Robert Klemme
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Charles Hixson wrote: > FWIW, I would prefer to be using a faster language, but I also prefer a > language that's rapid to develop in. And "premature optimization" is a > problem that is endemic to programmers that are concerned about execution > speed. +2 > Qui