On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 07:25, Stefan Fuhrmann <stefanfuhrm...@alice-dsl.de> wrote: >... > It takes a hundred arrows to shoot an elephant. Although some may > miss, they all need to be fired. Currently we inspect every single > arrow, discus its potential penetration depth, smoothness of the > shaft and likelihood of hitting another arrow instead of the elephant. > > Let's hope in the mean while the elephant did not die of old age ;)
LOL... I think you make a fair point. I believe it is because we tend to prefer clarity over "tricky" code, even if that costs a bit of performance. ... and that is what you are now rectifying. :-) (let's just hope that we can get the perf, and retain some measure of clarity) Cheers, -g
