Re:A single character code change
by cryptonector on Thursday January 02, 2020 @11:15PM
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> I'm not sure he ever got around to explaining how it saved "half a million dollars", though.
Me either. TL;DR. I did skim enough to get to the one-character change, and I instantly knew what the issue was: they were using Java. Ok, ok, just kidding, yes, pre-allocating what you're not going to need is premature optimization -- don't do it, except when it pays off.
Me either. TL;DR. I did skim enough to get to the one-character change, and I instantly knew what the issue was: they were using Java. Ok, ok, just kidding, yes, pre-allocating what you're not going to need is premature optimization -- don't do it, except when it pays off.