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Re: The greeting code in Java

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From	Tobias Blass <tobiasblass@gmx.net>
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Subject	Re: The greeting code in Java
Date	Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:34:34 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2011-06-21, Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Tobias Blass <tobiasblass@gmx.net> writes:
>>Hmm at least in K&R (the inofficial standard C learning book) you often find
>>while((c=getchar())!=EOF)
>>It's less performant than reading whole blocks but in many cases much simpler
>>(And that's what matters in a learning book)
>
>   Usually, »getchar« already is buffered internally.
>
>   (Also, thinking about optimising even before any
>   requirement specification is given really seems
>   to be premature.)
>
> [snip some quotes]
>
>   M. A. Jackson 
>

I know these quotes (every programmer should).
I didn't want to warn of using getchar. I must admit the performance thing was a
guess (and I think I read it somewhere), but even if it is the second part of
the sentence applies. Premature Optimization is mainly evil _because_ you
sacrifice simplicity (there are other reasons but this is the most important
one).

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