From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2008-03-31T04:26:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Is ruby is faster than all Object oriented Scripting langs

On 30 Mar 2008, at 07:42, mutahhir hayat wrote:
>> Yes ... as you state below, if a project is defined by requirements,
>> performance requirements should be specified. They fall under the
>> general heading of usability, and there are (and have been for  
>> decades)
>> rather well known rules of thumb.
>>
>
> Are you saying that there are projects that have no requirements? :)  
> I'm
> sure that you don't mean that, so please elaborate.

Many projects have requirements which are only loosely identified at  
the time of inception, but one that tends to be there from the very  
beginning is "should perform acceptably for users". Ignore that  
requirement at your peril :)


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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