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I'm on the other side of your situation. These days, nine out of ten times I'm looking at papers, algorithms, lots of paper with big-O and cache nitpicking, bra

by mfukar 16y ago

I'm on the other side of your situation. These days, nine out of ten times I'm looking at papers, algorithms, lots of paper with big-O and cache nitpicking, brainstorming with others trying to make those 20 Gbps turn to 60.. Speed is a direct product of simplicity, and for me simple is elegant. I also think speed is important enough for me to feel strongly about cutting down a "feature" or two, to just make the damned thing not take all night to solve your sudoku..

Locke1689 16y ago
Well I think it's a combination of two things. Most days when I'm writing a web app or some other high level program I kind of chuck data about without thinking about it. When I put on my kernel dev hat or when I was working on SQL Server I spent all day making sure other me could throw data around haphazardly and not get stuck on a course-grained kernel lock or only hit 1/8 of the pipelines. Sometimes it's just too much to handle all at once, even if you know what you're doing in both domains.