From: John Carter <john.carter@...>
Date: 2007-07-30T06:57:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Performance diffrence between ifs and case

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Sean Surname wrote:

> Phlip wrote:
>> forgottenwizard wrote:
>>
>>> What kind of diffrences are there, effectivly, between case and a series
>>> of if statements, like in this:
>>
>> Google for "premature optimization is the root of all evil".
>
> Classify as "nostrum-emitting moron."

a) Phlip emits very valid and important nostrums.
b) Definitely not a moron, you'll miss some Good Stuff if you make that mistake.
c) Once anyone actually benchmarks the difference and hence contributes real data to the
    discussion....

   Write it up here...
      http://rubygarden.org/ruby/page/show/RubyOptimization
...the wiki page where I keep breadcrumbs of info for when desperation
requires me to shovel perfectly correct nostrums to one side and put in a twist of
speed.

Speaking of which... Rubygarden seems to be slow..

Gah! Spammers have totally vandalized that page. Twice. Hmm. That's probably
why it's so slow, probably a major spam attack...

I hate spammers. Really the complete scum of the earth. The Lambda the
Ultimate (excellent programming language design site)
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org crew have also been under attack.

Anyway, Ruby garden has nice review and revert facilities so it's fixed now.

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