Re:Why is this C++ code faster than my hand-written assembly...
by mark-r on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @03:25PM
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> My rule of thumb is if you haven't profiled it, it's premature to try and optimize it.
The context was specifically about questions on StackOverflow. You don't know if the person asking the question has profiled it or not, and the assumption is often that they haven't. Probably true more often than not, but very condescending and unhelpful to the person who has.
The context was specifically about questions on StackOverflow. You don't know if the person asking the question has profiled it or not, and the assumption is often that they haven't. Probably true more often than not, but very condescending and unhelpful to the person who has.