aahz tlxapythoncraftcom wed mar 12 2008 stephen j turnbull wrote martin v lwis writes premature optimization root evil actually knuths bon mot premature optimization root error sig database premature optimization root evil programming car hoare often misattributed knuth quoting hoare forget small efficiencies say 97 time premature optimization root evil knuth restates hoare aahz tlxapythoncraftcom httpwwwpythoncraftcom problems computer science solved another level indirection butler lampson _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 001700 0700 pythondev complexity documentation request