[Proj] Re: NAD problems on OSX 10.5 Leopard

[Norman Vine]

Ed McNierney writes:
>  
> 
> I think I'd want to remember that "premature optimization" 
> really reminds us to "make it work correctly, THEN make it 
> work quickly"!  This is related to the observation that any 
> code can be made to execute arbitrarily quickly as long as it 
> is not required to produce the right answer.

A modern take 

The Fallacy of Premature Optimization

by Randall Hyde

Every programmer with a few years' experience or education has 
heard the phrase "premature optimization is the root of all evil." 
This famous quote by Sir Tony Hoare (popularized by Donald Knuth)

http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i24_fallacy.html

Cheers

Norman