Comment by nikanj
5 years ago
And trying to optimize them gets you stink eye at code review time. Someone quotes Knuth, they replace your fast 200 lines with slow-as-molasses 10 lines and head to the bar.
5 years ago
And trying to optimize them gets you stink eye at code review time. Someone quotes Knuth, they replace your fast 200 lines with slow-as-molasses 10 lines and head to the bar.
Unfortunately this. Or they will say "don't optimize it until it proves to be slow in production" - at which point it is too dangerous to change it.