In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved

Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by account42 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:37AM (#24058537)

Choosing the right data structures and algorithms is not premature optimization.

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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by john-shaffer on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @10:37AM (#24061243)

I agree if you know, e.g., that the list is going to contain thousands of items or is going to be iterated over in your inner loop. That's not premature optimization, that's just common sense. Hence the qualifier "premature".

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