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Premature optimisations are often fine, actually.
by thrance 1y ago
Premature optimisations are often fine, actually.
- kazinator 1y agoKnuth might agree, because what he actually wrote was: "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%." 3% could pass for often, in the context of something that is discouraged.