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Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals?

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From	Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
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Ken Wesson wrote:
>> Micro-optimization: making some tiny bit of something (a single loop, a
>> single algorithm or data structure) better.

Which is opposite to optimization in many cases.  "Better" in 
micro-optimization is frequently worse for the system.

. . .

Ken Wesson wrote:
>> No doubt the latter can carry connotations, including negative
>> (optimizing a tiny bit of something without considering the forest, only
>> the trees), in certain contexts, but the post that first used the term in
>> this thread did not IMO clearly convey any such subtext.

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> It seems rather clear to me that Mike's usage had the programmer
> meaning not the English meaning in mind.

It's obvious to anyone who isn't trolling.

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Lew
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Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-04 22:30 -0500
  Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-07 19:16 -0500
  Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-07 18:26 -0500
  Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-06 11:15 -0500
    Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-02-07 04:15 +0100
      Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-02-06 20:53 -0800
  Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-02-05 07:15 +0100
    Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-06 09:25 -0500
  Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-02-05 04:48 +0100
    Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-02-04 21:46 -0800

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