[rescue] slow java code...an example of why it might be

Eric Dittman dittman at dittman.net
Tue Feb 11 20:26:30 CST 2003


> > I firmly believe that inefficient code is better than no code, and
> > sometimes I need to write the bad inefficient version first, or I'll
> > just get stuck forever doing background detail, and not working on the
> > real problem.
> 
>    Temporary solutions have an amazing way of becoming permanent.  I do 
> my damnedest not to write them in the first place...and if that means 
> the potentially bad code becomes no code at all, then so be it.  YMMV.

If you must have a temporary solution, make sure the solution
will only work for a short time so the temporary solution won't
become permanent.
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Eric Dittman
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