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		cityhomesteader on June 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Strings Are Evil In a similar strain. Premature optimization is the root of all evil. - Knuth

girvo on June 21, 2018 [–]

Here is the larger quote:

“We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.”

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