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Re:Appropriate usage of data structures by nvbhargava on Monday April 13, 2015 @11:15PM (#9371929)
I totally agree. This question I'd say was more focused towards that 3% of the time. So, if you believe that there is an opportunity to optimize something non-trivial, would you implement a whole new data structure for that?
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Re:Appropriate usage of data structures by mathgeek on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @08:23AM (#9373621)
Yes. That's the point of avoiding premature optimization. You only do it when necessary and thus has the best ROI.
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