Posted by Michael Fesser on 07/25/07 19:21

..oO(Sanders Kaufman)

>Interestingly, and surprisingly, I find that a great many of the most
>expert programmers would choose to waste resources.

Of course we do. Modern programming is all about "wasting" resources.
The more abstract the concept or paradigm, the more resources are
required to make it working and get it down to the machine level.

But that's just the one side of the story. The other side is all the
benefits and advantages you'll get from these "wasted" resources. It
turns out that it's not a waste at all, since you get much more back
than you have to invest. If not today, then tomorrow.

Micha

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