Comments by "xybersurfer" (@xybersurfer) on "Optimising Code - Computerphile" video.

  1.  @DeveloperOfGames  no it's not
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  2. debugging and stepping through code, is just one of the ways to maintain code. and already assumes a lot about the language. optimizing for maintenance is what's best. ideally debugging should be one of the last resorts
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  3.  @Wyvernnnn  i agree, but those rules should be broken to avoid diminishing returns. and i bet you are already breaking them for just that. for example: you probably wouldn't decrease code readability by 99%, to improve the user experience by 1%
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  4. i'm not that impressed by Eric Lippert honestly. it's probably his bad takes on the StackOverflow website, that gave me a bad impression
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  5.  @christopherg2347  you really don't have to be in real-time programming, to have to sacrifice readability for performance. it happens often when you encounter a performance issue, and you have to rewrite any code
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  6. this is my first time hearing about "Duff's device". thanks for pointing that this interesting trick
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  7. that's a pretty cool strategy. i've been interested in doing the same with my applications. i think there is a lot of deep stuff to be learned that way, depending on how far you go
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