It's hard to tune heavily tuned code.
That which hits the fan tends to get flung in all directions.
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.
What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?
I'm afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn't cut it in the emergency room.