> lots and lots of time to spend micro-optimizing everything If you're an experienced C developer you know what's fast and what not (and you know about things

> lots and lots of time to spend micro-optimizing everything If you're an experienced C developer you know what's fast and what not (and you know about things like cache coherency). You don't spend that much time on 'micro optimization' because you know how to layout your memory in the first place, etc.