Performant code does not need to be unclean, exactly! My original point was just to not put performance on a pedestal. Sure, prioritize it, but correct and clea

Performant code does not need to be unclean, exactly! My original point was just to not put performance on a pedestal. Sure, prioritize it, but correct and clean should come first - at least for foundational libraries that others are supposed to build upon. I maintain ML libraries that run on microcontrollers with kilobytes of memory, performance is a friend of mine ;)