I'm irked by the frequent use of "premature optimization is the root of all evil" without actually comprehending what Donald Knuth meant to say: "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%".
This quote is from an era where hardware resources were at such a premium that developers obsessed excessively over the performance impact of every line of code.
This quote is from an era where hardware resources were at such a premium that developers obsessed excessively over the performance impact of every line of code.