On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Jim Lee <jle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 07/05/18 10:15, Calvin Spealman wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Jim Lee <jle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 07/05/18 05:14, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> >>> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <arj.pyt...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> * Create as many functions as you can >>>>> >>>> performance? >>>> >>> Python? >>> >>> Seriously, though. The principle of expressive encapsulation is one of >>> the basic cornerstones of writing computer programs. Performance barely >>> ever becomes a question, and even more rarely has anything to do with >>> the number of function calls (low-level programming language compilers >>> optimize efficiently). >>> >>> The most important objective of software development is the management >>> of complexity. Silly performance optimizations are way down the priority >>> list. >>> >>> >>> Marko >>> >> >> Sadly, this *is* the current mindset. >> >> "Don't bother optimizing, the compiler does it better than you can." >> > > I think that is a pretty clear mis-characterization of what was said. > > > Well, you did say "silly performance optimizations". >
That wasn't me, but I do agree with the sentiment in that its often silly to focus on them at the wrong time and without constraints that warrant that focus. > The mindset isn't that optimization will be done for you, but that it > isn't high on a priority list. > > > Things at the bottom of a priority list tend to never get done - > especially in the current era of software development. And if you rarely > or never do something, you lose the skill. The horde of programmers a > generation or two from now may have no clue how to do these things. That's > the pitfall behind "smart tools". > You say "pitfall", but I say "allow developers to focus on higher-level problems and enable developers to specialize among tasks so every single one of us doesn't have to be a jack of all trades just to build a todo list app". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > Tell me, who writes the compilers? When we die off, nobody will have a >> clue how to do it... >> >> -Jim >> >> > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
