Subject: thoughts on optimization

From: Saleh Elmohamed <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:19:35 -0500 (EST)

Some Parting Thoughts

    Rules of Optimization: 
    Rule 1: Don't do it. 
    Rule 2 (for experts only): Don't do it yet. 
    - M.A. Jackson

    "More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without
     necessarily achieving it) than for any other single
     reason - including blind stupidity." 
    - W.A. Wulf 

    "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: 
     premature optimization is the root of all evil." 
    - Donald Knuth