Re: It's a shame, a very shame....

From: Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) (rvelthuis_at_gmx.de)
Date: 11/14/03


Date: 14 Nov 2003 08:31:02 -0700

Frederick C. Wilt wrote:

> Given the relative costs of programmer time and hardware I would much
> rather simply throw more hardware at the problem.

AFAIK, he is programming a game, which needs to calculate a lot of
strategies in a short time. But I guess that even in that situation, most
of the code can be done without inlining.

-- 
Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)
"When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras."
-- Old saying


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