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From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
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Subject: Re: please coin a term for a lower order bug
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:52:23 -0800
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:11:44 -0800, Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> wrote:

[snip]

>Gene, I agree with your points.  But let us not swing too far the other way 
>and eschew non-premature early optimization.  Correct logic more frequently 
>than not creates maintainable, fast and memory-efficient code as an emergent 
>consequence.

     I do not think that we are disagreeing at all.

     Often, the reasonable effort is <adjective> enough.  If you
really need the extra and are willing to pay for the resulting hair in
the code, then it gets messy.

     If nothing else, youhave a pre-hair version in case the
conditions requiring the hair go away.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko