We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux.

Meta-design is much more difficult than design; it's easier to draw something than to explain how to draw it.

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.

By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality.