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Experience has taught us that micro-optimisation often has little or no beneficial effect on performance, but does make code harder to understand and maintain. It's all fun and games until your next review cycle when they expect you to do it again
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..having a lot of inefficient code, and pointing to ONE optimization to claim that micro-optimizations are a good idea in general..
With tips like using the isEmpty-call, because "It may also be more computationally efficient". That already implies that it also may not, and for most code the difference is hardly noticeable. Spending money on that is money burnt.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Henry (pitest) wrote: Small performance tests can give us early answers to questions like:
• “Are there any obvious bugs that become visible under load?”
• “Did that code change make things slower?”
• “Did that code change actually make things faster?”
• “Where are the bottlenecks in things I can easily change?”
Hallelujah, Brother!
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Damnit, I gave in and looked it up: The two-million-dollar comma[^].
Of course, when the article writer says "use a pair of commas to set off interrupting words, phrases, or clauses", what he means is "parenthesise" -- I don't criticise people over vocabulary, but it's a lot less typing (and easier to use in a sentence), if you want to talk about it with someone else.
This is one of the main reasons why all punctuation (except a full-stop at the end of each paragraph) is frowned upon in documents for courts in the UK; it forces lawyers to phrase their text very carefully.
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As one of my languages du jour, I've always had a fondness for C#. Because it's never too late to look at features you might never use
Or even get to use if they punt them before release
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I am confused now. I expected new possibilities for people who always wrote C or Fortran code and want to stay with their old style, but no: these features look quite interesting.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Because it's never too late to look at features you might never use
True, but you need to know all the new keywords and reserved words, for when HR professionals ask if you've had ten years experience with them.
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He’s even built a prototype device to illustrate a key component of his theory — though Mallett’s peers remain unconvinced that his time machine will ever come to fruition. He's just waiting for someone to donate a Delorean (and a Mr. Fusion)
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He hasn't returned from the future to silence his critics.
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See, this is why I don’t like time-travel fiction. Danged wrap-around paradoxes...
TTFN - Kent
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(I had to leave this one until I could be bothered to wade through all their GDPR-evasion bullsh1t)
A bit of a dick said: it’s theoretically possible to twist time into a loop that would allow for time travel into the past.
It's also theoretically possible to build a steam train that can travel to other galaxies at just under the speed of light (I did the Maths years ago).
This is your typical bit of bit-of-a-dick theoretical Physics, which follows logic that says "If time is involved in acceleration, and F=Ma, then changing the force, the direction, and the mass changes time!"
Wow! So all you have to do is change values of the force, the mass, and the direction until time goes into the negative!
And it's true: If you enter impossible numbers for force, mass, and direction into the equations, the value of the time variable can go into the negative.
So is he a genius, or a bit of a dick?
Time will tell.
... Or it did already, or it will have might already been did, or... Whatever. I give in.
If you also want to engage in a bit of bit-of-a-dick theoretical Physics, there is only one rule:
1. Use Occam's Razor frequently, indiscriminately, and incorrectly.
Take the intergalactic steam train; I had to slice off a few "inconvenient" complications, e.g.
• The mechanics of a train do not allow it to accelerate indefinitely; stuff will break.
• Where does all the water and the coal come from?
• The amount of water and coal required means that the train would never even be able to move.
• Um, don't trains need rails, or something?
So happily hack away anything that makes utter nonsense of your theory, and get famous!
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For the first time, scientists at Stanford and SLAC have created a silicon chip that can accelerate electrons—albeit at a fraction of the velocity of that massive instrument—using an infrared laser to deliver, in less than a hair's width, the sort of energy boost that takes microwaves many feet. Adds new meaning to the 'particle physics' for graphics cards
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Fascinating possibilities.
Good one.
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Who are you, and what have you done with Mark? 
TTFN - Kent
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It might be related to christmas... let's wait a week or so and if no then call either the doctor or the FBI
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: It might be related to christmas
Humbug!
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Now everyone can create their own Earth-swallowing blackhole!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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As of January 1st, 2020, Python 2.7 has officially reached the end of life and will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or other improvements going forward. "And now for something completely different"
Well, Python 3 anyway...
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It's the .7 that's the problem.
We don't want fractions; we want the full Monty.
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Are they hiring people from MS?
It kinda rings a bell 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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20 years amazing...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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To celebrate the holidays, ransomware operators are providing discounts or season's greetings to entice victims into paying a ransom demand. Everyone is getting into the spirit of the season
I just got into the spirits.
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There has been some discussion on tech twitter lately on the subject of whether it is possible to be “successful” in the programming business without working long hours. Is that an 'either/or' decision?
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it is possible, but not usual
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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According to a new report, Microsoft finalized the development of Windows 10 version 2004 in December 2019, but it looks like the public rollout won’t happen until the spring. They still need a bit of time to put some new bugs in though
Of course, not to be confused with Windows 2004.
And it's certainly not Windows 11 or Windows 2020!
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