Spur not a willing horse (Latin proverb): Premature optimization is as addictive as it is unproductive. The first rule of optimization is: Don't do it....
As [Stroustrup00] §6's introduction quotes so deliciously:
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.Donald Knuth [quoting Hoare]
On the other hand, we cannot ignore efficiency.Jon Bentley
Hoare...
Example: An inline irony.
Here is a simple demonstration of the hidden cost of a premature micro-optimization: Profilers are excellent at telling you, by function...
When writing libraries, it's harder to predict what operations will end up being used in performance-sensitive code. But even library authors run performance tests against...
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