I don't know if it is really indicative of anything, but I remember micro-optimization being a rather prevalent topic during my PHP days. Perhaps it was just th

I don't know if it is really indicative of anything, but I remember micro-optimization being a rather prevalent topic during my PHP days. Perhaps it was just the folks I was reading, I don't know. The only thing worse than an article about micro-optimization is one that is both out of date and almost entirely backwards.