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by commandlinefan 2332 days ago
> No one has said to ignore optimization

Well, maybe nobody is _saying_ that (Knuth definitely wasn’t) but, as the author points out, this is how a lot of applications of the “premature optimization is the root of all evil” rule end up: any discussion of optimization if forbidden as premature until it’s too late to fix the problems and then it’s “good enough” because we “have to get to market”.

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If that's a problem, don't "discuss" it. Just Do!