> [...] and not for crazy reasons, simply because in many market conditions and applications, it looks like throwing money away on the balance sheet. Would you

> [...] and not for crazy reasons, simply because in many market conditions and applications, it looks like throwing money away on the balance sheet. Would you use this argument to excuse software bugs? What about security holes and data leaks? Besides, the 80/20 rule applies, i.e., a little more effort spent on performance goes a long way towards a better user experience. > If you're talking about open source projects [...] Interestingly, this problem is less prevalent in the OSS world, because C and C++ is still very widespread there.