Re: [Nolug] Introducing myself

On 12/07/08 11:39, Dennis J Harrison Jr wrote:
> I don't dismiss knowing the hardware.
>
> I have (and will again I am sure) had to squeeze every last ounce of
> performance out of code. For me, there is a point where I don't see a
> real world return in rewriting functional code to make it more
> efficient. One of my customers writes testing software (Frank Cohen).
> And we tune things until they are fast enough. I appreciate the
> drive (and the motivation behind it) to make every bit of code as
> efficient as possible. So we can actually appreciate the
> responsiveness moores law should afford us. I do my part :)
>
> I wouldn't consider something that took hours to do what could be done
> in minutes; correct and well-coded.
>
> I just don't think that learning asm first (as I took your original
> email about this) should be a requirement. But, rather, a supplement
> instead. (Which you have later clarified as your view). So.... we
> agree? ;)

Maybe.

Do you consider "using the 'correct' algorithm" to be part of
testing-level tuning, or part of design?

> I do know who I will be consulting about performance issues when my
> limited knowledge of higher level math can't immediately solve the
> problem.

Not me!!!! Not since 1986 have I looked at a math book higher than
high school algebra.

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?
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