in reply to CPU cycles DO NOT MATTER!
One minor nit:
CPUs double in speed every 18 months while the cost drops by half (Moore's Law).
Moore's Law actually states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every 18 months, not the execution speed.
I agree that most micro optimizations are moot, but when it comes to choose an efficient algorithm you can really shoot yourself in the foot by choosing a slow one. You might not notice that when you test it with only 1k test data, but you will when that big database rolls over your script ;-)
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Re^2: CPU cycles DO NOT MATTER!
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Apr 17, 2008 at 14:13 UTC | |
by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Apr 17, 2008 at 16:49 UTC | |
by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 17, 2008 at 16:57 UTC | |
by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Apr 17, 2008 at 17:28 UTC | |
Re^2: CPU cycles DO NOT MATTER!
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Apr 17, 2008 at 21:19 UTC | |
Re^2: CPU cycles DO NOT MATTER!
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Apr 17, 2008 at 14:40 UTC | |
by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 17, 2008 at 15:19 UTC | |
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