Re: Pointers For Newbies, Reminders For Oldies

Nathan Rixham wrote: > Daniel Egeberg wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 18:13, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:08, Daniel Egeberg <degeberg@php.net> wrote: >>>> There is virtually no difference nowadays. It's a long time since >>>> anything like that has mattered. >>> Actually, that's not true enough to be dismissive. It depends on >>> several factors. >> Well, I would still say it's far too insignificant to bother with. >> > > Strangely I actually feel quite passionate about optimisation at the > procedural code level, making sure each line of code is correct and > optimised adds up to one big well optimised script / application. > > kinda like a builder saying "cement is insignificant it's the bricks > that matter", or a writer suggesting that punctuation doesn't matter any > more. > > If you took the above logic and used it in something like ActionScript > where you're code could be run at 50-60 fps (often meaning methods are > called 600-60k times a second) - little statements like that would crash > a browser and put you out of a job. > > regards :) ps: my punctuation and grammar is pants, which is why I'm not a writer.