It's not a question of optimize/don't optimize. There's a continuum, and the pendulum swings back and forth. The author makes a case that the prevailing industr

It's not a question of optimize/don't optimize. There's a continuum, and the pendulum swings back and forth. The author makes a case that the prevailing industry attitude is too far on the "don't optimize" side. And stop quoting Knuth to justify it.