Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 06:18:06 +0600 (LKT)
From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
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Subject: Re: inefficiency of GCC output code & -O problem
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On 14 Apr 2000, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

> To cite Donald E. Knuth from memory:
>   "Premature optimization is the devil of all programming."
> 

Which time and time again has proven to be true...But why is that many
people are so relectant to accept this fact...

I hope it isn't off topic but you get people who say "hey I can do that
same code in less number of keystrokes" and in the end the generated
assembly is still the same.

Another thing is that many people "falsely" belive is that using the ?
operator provides faster code than a simple if statement. which is quite
wrong. The ? operator causes reduced readability with no extra gain...a
neagtive result in anyones equation...

Grendel


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