jjd@wlcrjs.UUCP (Joe Durnavich) (04/06/85)
In article <5399@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: >> ...After all, what does it gain a man >> to save a millisecond of his computer's time if he loses an hour >> of his own time thereby? > >Sometimes it saves his successor from spending many hours figuring out >how to get that millisecond out. Yes, Virginia, some programs do have >to run fast, and few are the worse for a speed improvement. Careful Henry! Take a look at some interpreted BASIC programs. You know, the ones with 18 statements on one line for "speed improvement" purposes. Sure they run fast, but what a bear to read and maintain. Speed is not always everything. Joe Durnavich ihnp4!wlcrjs!jjd