31 Dec
2006
31 Dec
'06
6:50 a.m.
On Dec 31, 2006, at 6:48 , Lennart Augustsson wrote:
Oh, I have other arguments against pragmas. :) But I think the best one is that optimization applied in the wrong place is just poor software engineering.
As Michael A. Jackson said: The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.
/me is moderately mystified that an experienced programmer hasn't discovered that one the hard way yet. -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH