http://jeffvarszegi.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Jeff Varszegi en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:21:42 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://jeffvarszegi.sys-con.com/node/46342 Writing code that runs quickly is sometimes at odds with writing code quickly. C.A.R. Hoare, computer science luminary and discoverer of the QuickSort algorithm, famously proclaimed, 'Premature optimization is the root of all evil.' The extreme programming design principle of 'You Aren't Gonna Need It' (YAGNI) argues against implementing any features, including performance optimizations, until they're needed.<p><a href="http://jeffvarszegi.sys-con.com/node/46342" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 EDT http://jeffvarszegi.sys-con.com/node/46342 http://jeffvarszegi.sys-con.com/node/46342#feedback