On 05/21/2012 08:37 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote:
On 2012-05-21 21:10, David Christensen wrote:
Therefore, performance is first and clarity is second.
Would you not agree that these are pretty extreme cases to be making
such a wide-reaching decision on?
Please trim your replies.
No, I don't think the Sieve of Eratosthenes is an extreme case. It's an
excellent mathematics/ computer science (theory) and computer
programming (application) teaching problem -- it's concrete, it can be
understood by people with a primary-level education, solutions can be
readily verified and compared, and the subject has relevant practical
applications (e.g. cryptography).
I don't know your experience,
I have ME and EE degrees and used to work as an embedded systems
software engineer back in the dot-com days. Now I work as an
electrician. I've been using Perl since 1998, and haven't found
anything better.
but mine
is that I've only encountered extremely elaborate code that requires
extreme optimization a few times.
I used to see it more on embedded systems. The stuff I do on PC's isn't
too critical, but I do have a few backup/ verification utility scripts
that do matter. And, Moose CGI scripts are *pigs*; I need to upgrade to
a persistent technology.
Please remember... this is a *beginner* list. Promoting premature
optimization before clarity is not in the best interest of the intended
audience imho.
This mailing list title may include the word "beginner", but Perl is no
beginner's language.
Exploring and measuring alternatives is a useful skill for all Perl
programmers, including beginners.
David
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