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The famous "premature optimization" quote isn't from a dedicated paper on optimization, but from Knuth's 1974 "Structured Programming with go to Statements" pap
by ethan_smith 1y ago
The famous "premature optimization" quote isn't from a dedicated paper on optimization, but from Knuth's 1974 "Structured Programming with go to Statements" paper where he was discussing broader programming methodology.
- tyrust 1y agoThat's literally the first sentence of the article.