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First priority is about modularity and elegance. An elegant program is often fast, correct and with a short time-to-market. It is the numerous scores of small

by jlouis 12y ago

First priority is about modularity and elegance. An elegant program is often fast, correct and with a short time-to-market. It is the numerous scores of small hacks that bogs down programmers nowadays.

rakeshmenon 12y ago
When I say first priority is releasing the software - it means releasing software that works functionally. We cant optimize stuff which we are not sure will even break due to performance issues. Analyze traffic/usage of parts of the application - mark areas which are used most - analyze performance - optimize if not up to mark. If stress is always on elegant code - it'll always end up taking more time. In real-life scenario, no module is ever "bug-free". The cases change from day to day. When you're absolutely sure that the functionality is exactly what is required - then you should spend time optimizing it.