Optimized quoting (was Re: Speed?)

From: Aahz (aahz_at_pythoncraft.com)
Date: 01/03/04 

Date: 3 Jan 2004 10:26:09 -0500

In article <mailman.43.1073115353.12720.python-list@python.org>,
John Hunter <jdhunter@ace.bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
>Donald Knuth, God of Computer Science, said "Premature optimization is
>the root of all evil".

If Knuth is God, then Hoare is God's father:

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
--C.A.R. Hoare (often misattributed to Knuth, who was himself quoting Hoare)

"We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time:
premature optimization is the root of all evil." --Knuth restates Hoare 

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