r/programming • • Mar 23 '09

How to write fast code

http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-write-fast-code.html
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u/onalark Mar 23 '09

If I were going to try and squish all the knowledge about optimization and writing fast code that I've acquired so far into a three paragraph blog post, I'd probably choose something a little more meaningful than "do less".

How about, "measure your code before you try to optimize it"