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Article #2656Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)
From: Carsten Whimster
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:15
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:15
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mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) wrote: >(I) It's easier to make a correct program fast than a fast program correct; Don't forget the more common option of making an incorrect, but fast program :) >(II) Fast enough is fast enough; >(III) If you've _measured_ it and it isn't fast enough, do what you have > to do to get the performance up; >(IV) 90% of the work is done by 10% of the code, so don't bother > optimizing the other 90% of the code. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Carsten Whimster CS241 Tutor MC1021 x6657 cs241@cayley -------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2,comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!cs241 From: cs241@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Carsten Whimster) Subject: Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++) Message-ID: <DH3zI1.ntE@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 13:15:37 GMT References: <44hcri$rsm@theopolis.orl.mmc.com> <466gsd$dnc@news.sanders.lockheed.com> <468u5h$on9@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <46oll9$3sm@reuters2.mitre.org> Nntp-Posting-Host: cayley.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo