8 Apr
2009
8 Apr
'09
2:25 a.m.
In article <49DB7797.24880.5CCAA535 at cclist.sydex.com>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
On 7 Apr 2009 at 17:43, William Donzelli wrote:
There's an in-depth understanding and then there's wasting time
learning details that don't matter. Where the line is drawn depends
on the task at hand and the needs driving the software. There are
times where "slow and simple" is the design win, not "I understand
what every bit of my 400 MB executable is doing!".
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All of this is now the job of the compiler.
It ain't 1980 anymore.
I understand. There's no longer any need for an in-depth
understanding of the functioning of one's tools. [...]