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Premature optimization is the root of all evil

Larry Osterman posted a blog about optimization http://blogs.msdn.com/LarryOsterman/archive/2004/05/03/125198.aspx.

It simply says”Premature optimization is the root of all evil”!

And I posted an interesting article about optimization in his comment. http://www.flounder.com/optimization.htm. It simply emphasizes the point again.

Know your scenario, measure your scenario, then optimize the bottleneck.

Published Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:27 PM by junfeng
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# re: Premature optimization is the root of all evil

Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:56 PM by Uwe
Here is the same article on my favorite site: http://www.codeproject.com/tips/optimizationenemy.asp :-)

# re: Premature optimization is the root of all evil

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:58 AM by Larry Osterman
Thanks Junfeng. I had mentioned Joe's article in a comment on another of my posts, but forgot to include it in my post.

Btw, curious coincidence: Joe was my wife's boss many many years ago back at Tartan Labs :)

# re: Premature optimization is the root of all evil

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:28 AM by Dennis
But remember the corollary: "Belated pessimization is the leaf of no good."

# re: Premature optimization is the root of all evil

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:19 AM by Wallym
yep, I am stuck with someone else's premature optimization. It is a killer. All this crap has been done to make sure that their "percieved" problem's don't kill the application. Well, I just did a straight coding change and my stuff is 10x times faster.

Wally

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