If a problem is so critical that one of its side-effects earns the title "the vietnam of computer science", then I think it is 'ok' to put "performance" conside

If a problem is so critical that one of its side-effects earns the title "the vietnam of computer science", then I think it is 'ok' to put "performance" considerations on a secondary tier and first see if there is a solution to the problem, in principle.