From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-08-26T07:14:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby launching system apps?

Hi --

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Lothar Scholz wrote:

>
> > Avoid premature optimization. If the inefficiency is a problem,
>
> I hear this a thousand times, but this makes it not more truth.
> You should only avoid optimization if it results in a more complex
> structure. This is only in a few cases the reality. Often an optimal
> datastructure doesn't take longer to debug or to write.

Then it isn't premature :-)


David

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