From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 03:26:52 CST
On 16/10/2003 00:26, Doug Ewell wrote:
>Peter Kirk <peterkirk at qaya dot org> wrote:
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>>Does everyone agree that "This is not a performance issue"?
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>You can never tell whether something is going to be a "performance
>issue" -- not just "measurably slower," but actually affecting
>usability -- until you do some profiling. Guessing does no good.
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>-Doug Ewell
> Fullerton, California
> http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
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Well, did the people who wrote this in the standard do some profiling,
or did they just guess? There should be no place in a standard for
statements which are just guesses.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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