Re: Should I use "if" or "try" (as a matter of speed)?
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Re: Should I use "if" or "try" (as a matter of speed)?

From: Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Date: Sun Jul 10 2005 - 14:03:44 CEST



Thomas Lotze <thomas@thomas-lotze.de> wrote:


> Basically, I agree with the "make it run, make it right, make it fast"


> attitude. However, FWIW, I sometimes can't resist optimizing routines that


> probably don't strictly need it. Not only does the resulting code run


> faster, but it is usually also shorter and more readable and expressive.



Optimize for readability and maintainability first.  Worry about speed 


later.


Received on Thu Sep 29 16:51:45 2005