the "price" of a context switch/function call

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Sun Oct 5 09:40:09 EDT 2014


It is for this very reason, I sometimes must kick myself.  The more time I
spend optimizing a routine, these "moments of clarity" happen, and a
complex solution seems so simple.  Not so when I return to it as my future
self.

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On Oct 5, 2014 1:43 AM, "Mark Wieder" <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> JB-
>
> Saturday, October 4, 2014, 8:55:28 PM, you wrote:
>
> > I recently read a similar statement but I can t rembenter
> > where.  Maybe if was from Apple about Xcode.  What
> > they said was even if you lose a little speed you are
> > better off writing code that is easy for you to rend and
> > understand instead of making it too complex.
>
> And more so if someone else has to read and understand what you wrote,
> especially if that someone else is you six months down the road.
>
> --
> -Mark Wieder
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