architecture is very important. Knowing how L1 and L2 cache work, instruction pipelining, branch prediction etc... can really change the way you program. Also

architecture is very important. Knowing how L1 and L2 cache work, instruction pipelining, branch prediction etc... can really change the way you program. Also if you have done a lot of OO maybe its time to pick up a functional language on the side? F# is kind of fantastic...