Re: 4 the FAQ: Are Commercial DBMS Truly Relational?
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:51:53 +0100
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Laconic2 wrote:
> "Paul" <paul_at_test.com> wrote in message
> news:41690aad$0$59441$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
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> There is a widespread belief in this field that wrong answers with good
> performance are closer to the goal line than correct answers with poor
> performance. I will never come around to that point of view. I almost
> always want to get it right, first, then work on getting it right, and
> fast.
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Its akin to pre or post incrementing in C/C++, only after real profiling
of the system to identify that the code area with the increment is the
bottle neck, should the developers worry about the increments performance.
Also, IMHO, premature optimisation tend to create designs that are
fragile to future changes.
Andrew Received on Sun Oct 10 2004 - 20:51:53 CEST