But what if you've already tuned the important things?

Then you'd be wasting your time to optimize it further. Optimizing for developer efficiency is just as important (if not more) than optimizing for CPU time!

We're talking about a script that probably won't exceed 30 lines so it's not exactly difficult to maintain.

Ah, the optimism of youth. Trust me, if it's at all useful it will grow. Even if it doesn't grow, someone (maybe you) will copy and paste your nasty hack into a much larger program.

Yes, but it is useful in that it tells you how to optimize what you've already decided to optimize. I'd love to write it in C, but 1) I don't know C.

You should learn C. Then you'll realize that you don't want to write it (or anything) in C unless you absolutely have to. A 30 line Perl program is likely to be 300+ lines of C! The crack about C was meant to be ironic!

-sam

In reply to Re^7: Should I just print my own HTTP headers? by samtregar
in thread Should I just print my own HTTP headers? by Cap'n Steve

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