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One of my favorite quotes (wish I knew where it originated): "I can't make it run any faster, but I can make it do less."

• dredmorbius 11y ago
  Brings to mind optimisation of grep. Covered previously at HN.
  • masklinn 11y ago
    http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/old-age-and-treachery.html http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/old-age-and-treachery.h... ?
    • ploxiln 11y ago
      see also https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-August/019310.html https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-Aug...