premature optimization
premature optimization · premature optimizations
The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a…The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck.
Origin
It was first coined by Donald Knuth in his 1974 monograph The Art of Computer ProgrammingIt was first coined by Donald Knuth in his 1974 monograph The Art of Computer Programming which won a Turing Award.
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Forms
plural: premature optimizationsLessons for this word
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