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The term “ premature optimization” is often misused. It’s supposed to be about trading simplicity for unnecessary performance gains. Instead, it’s used as a blanket dismissal of anything unfamiliar. That’s both inaccurate, and hostile to good engineering. Throughout my career, I’ve heard every one of these situations referred to as “ premature optimization”. None of them are. It’s not premature…
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