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What do you specifically optimise for when programming?   [Edit]

Survey period: 30 Mar 2009 to 6 Apr 2009

Harder, better, faster, stronger. What parts of your programs do you focus on when optimising?

OptionVotes% 
Speed of execution of core functionality67365.59
Responsiveness of UI60959.36
Memory consumption35834.89
Power consumption333.22
Network utilisation17517.06
Data access speed (including caching)47546.30
Data storage size15014.62
Ease of use54953.51
I don"t optimise my code646.24
Other595.75
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (65 answers)


 
GeneralRe: Maintainability Pin
Uwe Keim30-Mar-09 19:27
sitebuilderUwe Keim30-Mar-09 19:27 
GeneralRe: Maintainability Pin
RichardM130-Mar-09 21:14
RichardM130-Mar-09 21:14 
GeneralRe: Maintainability Pin
Uwe Keim30-Mar-09 21:30
sitebuilderUwe Keim30-Mar-09 21:30 
JokePower Consumption Pin
Yusuf30-Mar-09 12:03
Yusuf30-Mar-09 12:03 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
John M. Drescher30-Mar-09 14:06
John M. Drescher30-Mar-09 14:06 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic31-Mar-09 6:37
Nemanja Trifunovic31-Mar-09 6:37 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
John M. Drescher31-Mar-09 12:34
John M. Drescher31-Mar-09 12:34 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
Thomas Weller2-Apr-09 2:02
Thomas Weller2-Apr-09 2:02 
John M. Drescher wrote:
It's not really clear how to do this


Easy: Don't use the processor and don't use the disk or anything else (or the program should immediately shut down the machine...) Big Grin | :-D

Regards
Thomas

www.thomas-weller.de

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.


GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
Indivara30-Mar-09 19:13
professionalIndivara30-Mar-09 19:13 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
WillemM31-Mar-09 4:46
WillemM31-Mar-09 4:46 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
PIEBALDconsult31-Mar-09 7:12
mvePIEBALDconsult31-Mar-09 7:12 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
PIEBALDconsult31-Mar-09 7:13
mvePIEBALDconsult31-Mar-09 7:13 
GeneralRe: Power Consumption Pin
Rob Graham2-Apr-09 3:05
Rob Graham2-Apr-09 3:05 
GeneralWhatever is the bottleneck Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic30-Mar-09 9:25
Nemanja Trifunovic30-Mar-09 9:25 
JokeRe: Whatever is the bottleneck Pin
Chris Maunder30-Mar-09 15:13
cofounderChris Maunder30-Mar-09 15:13 

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