> Is it ok to have if clauses that will basically never be run? Yep. > But when I thought about it more: should it be improved? Nope. If you are an average

> Is it ok to have if clauses that will basically never be run? Yep. > But when I thought about it more: should it be improved? Nope. If you are an average programmer, you should write your code first to be legible and maintainable. If you are a smart programmer, you should add performance tests to your test suite (since you need to do performance testing anyway for any production-critical code) and run your app on the appropriate-sized machine. If you are a very smart programmer, you should rely on performance hacks when your application no longer meets performance requirements under heavy load. If you are a freaking genius, you should think about optimizing your code.