glad to see we agree then ;o) I think it really all stems back to having to write algorithms and data structures in C...
Probably made me a tad biasd ;o) Mark > Paul Larue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark, > I'm ok with all that. I was just guessing wether or not procedural > code was > faster than classes in a web environment. In a workstation > environment you > can easily compile you classes as DLL's or equivalent to the system > and > cache them (you can also do that with web environment but you need to > have > your own server!). This causes calls to the classes to be much more > faster. > > I'm fine with all you said... specially people being lazy with their > SQL. We > too often see "select * from table" then a loop in the recordset to > find a > specific record where the whole thing could have been done using a > where > condition in the SQL itself! > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 10:40 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: [PHP/ASP] Class v/s Procedural > > > > > > > But later I turned down to classes since those > > > offer more advantages and are easier to manage. But are they > faster > > > and do they really provide performance increases? > > > > Personally I've always been taught 2 things > > > > (1) Sofware design is more important than anything else > > (2) Make it work first, then optimise. > > > > If you have good software design, you develop faster, and its > > cheaper to do.. and > > the rest of those good things. > > > > If you develop something that works, then find the bottlenecks, > > then you actually > > KNOW where the bottlenecks are, rather than guessing. > > > > Sure there are plenty of little tips and tricks you do during > > coding to make stuff a > > bit faster... but just just because you could write everything > > inline and make it run > > faster? Would you? hell no.. can't read it worth diddley squat. > > > > Final comment - your BIGGEST slowdown on a site is your Database > > Queries. If > > you want to make things optimised, work there. Cache your > > queries, design your > > DB better, and write concise SQL that does ALL the work you need > > it to, without > > having to get your code (ASP, PHP, whatever) to do any additional > work. > > (I have a pet peeve about this... people are lazy with their SQL) > > > > Hope that makes sense. > > > > Feel free to disagree ;o) > > > > Mark > > > > ----------------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ICQ: 3094740 > > Safe From Bees > > [www.safefrombees.com] > > > > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ > > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > > > > > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3094740 Safe From Bees [www.safefrombees.com] ��T��ˬ�*'.+-~�&X5K���"�o�֥�'�t ę��N���[h��嵩d����+-�o��&I��b��>�-�:0v�mjY%��l���r����Z���� �*m���z�b� -��^��嵩dv( ��ޮȨ�m���v�b���\�o� R����.nm���� �W(��.j����ޞ�r���r��y�h��嵩djƫr�z6�����칻 �&ޱ��i�Z�G�j)m�W��� �[Z�M�Ӟv^X��� �W(
