Please, avoid talking about those "24-hours-a-day-coffee-and-cigarettes-no-lunch-at-regular-intervals" days 8-) I left those aside and am resting a bit. Though I'll get back to C++ soon. Got some encryption implementation work to do. (mummy, where are you!!)
lol Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: [PHP/ASP] Class v/s Procedural > > > 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.unsub%% > > > ----------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 3094740 > Safe From Bees > [www.safefrombees.com] > N > RDzȜ`,#N|[Df:j)֒:X̾W'u۵+Njxr > *x{֑zzxۊ{wrX5Zo > vfrz{˱m֑jvɷ > ɵ:˱m֕zfy۵C ____ 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]
