Is a "real" C-Python possible?

Paul Rudin paul.nospam at rudin.co.uk
Tue Dec 11 14:31:23 EST 2007


sturlamolden <sturlamolden at yahoo.no> writes:

> On 10 Des, 23:49, a... at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
>
>> "Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
>> --C.A.R. Hoare (often misattributed to Knuth, who was himself quoting
>> Hoare)
>
> Oh, I was Hoare? Thanks. Anyway, it doesn't change the argument that
> optimizing in wrong places is  a waste of effort.

Although sometimes people seem to think that it goes "optimisation is
the root...". The "premature" bit is significant.





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