No argument from me. Warren
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 2:21 PM To: Vail, Warren Cc: andu; PHP-General Subject: RE: [PHP] Cleaning up my messy code On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 17:12, Vail, Warren wrote: > > IMHO, the first test of any code, is does it do what is should accurately, > and speedily (in that order), after that what you have left is a > programmer's best effort at producing something that others can read. > Adding cpu cycles so that it can be more easily read by someone who > doesn't know the language too well, is not always in the best interest > of the software user. Some code can't run in your lifetime if it were to be accurate. That's why heuristics exist :) Also if it takes you 10 years to develop speedy code that runs at 5% of the speed of your competitor's, you may just have missed the boat. So speed is a trade off with development time. The best code will try to maximize speed while minimizing development time. Cheers, Rob/ -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
