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I agree. This is immature optimization. Back to ”Premature optimization is the root of all evil”: I think that’s a bad statement. The only thing that says some
by Someone 4y ago
I agree. This is immature optimization.
Back to ”Premature optimization is the root of all evil”: I think that’s a bad statement. The only thing that says something there is all, and it is incorrect.
“Premature (noun) is the root of evil” is true for about every noun you can out there. “Premature design is the root of evil”, “Premature programming is the root of evil”, “Premature debugging is the root of evil”, etc.
Adding all implies there aren’t other things that are (in this context) roots of evil. I don’t think that’s true. As an example, one can spend excessive amounts of effort thinking about, or worrying about the ‘beauty’ of source code.
- osigurdson 4y agoI suspect when Knuth first came up with this phrase, he didn't expect it to be taken as gospel.