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good programmers dont need to optimize

Name: Anonymous 2012-07-30 19:30

There is a lot of talk about code optimisation and I dont think people realise that good programmers dont have to optimise their code as a separate step. That with modern compilers, operating systems and CPU pipelining, the only optimisation that has to be done is with algorithms and data structures which the programmer should already be using automatically as part of the design process. For example programmers used to need to optimise for things like barrel shifters, but modern CPU architecture has made that all obsolete as the CPU does that kind of optimisation for you now. Using asm is still relevant for things like device drivers, but on an OS with modern compilers there is no way a programmer is going to beat modern compiler optimisation by doing assembly by hand. The OS abstracts away all the hardware and memory details that programmers used to have to manage by hand. So this is the golden age of programming, where true programming skill counts for making fast programs and not second guessing hardware intricacies.

Name: Anonymous 2012-07-30 20:37

British/proper
That's like saying "Java/non-enterprise"

Britain is being taken over by Muslims, and having their state laws overpowered by religious Sharia laws.
They were already taken over by French faggots almost 1000 years ago. Most Britfags will bend over and take Sharia dicks up their asses, just like their French cousins.

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