Vince Hradil writes:
> Wow - I'd be interested in knowing how slow 'where' is. Are we
> talking the difference between 0.01 seconds and 0.05 seconds? Or even
> the difference between 1 and 5 seconds? Time is money, but at what
> point does our 'need for speed' end?
I've gotten to the point where anything that takes less time
than it takes to go get a cup of coffee is fast enough. I
used to think fast, elegant programs were required. But
when you are writing one-offs day after day, why bother?
With Starbucks just across the street, I can afford to be
a little loose with a FOR loop.
Cheers,
David
P.S. That said, I just spent the entire weekend re-working
a program I inherited from someone else. It is generally a
good idea to write a program in such a way that someone else
can get it to work in less time than it takes to write the
darn thing from scratch. :-)
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Se****e ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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