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to: DARIN MCBRIDE
from: KEVIN CAMPBELL
date: 1997-08-23 09:05:00
subject: template hell?

 > Practice is great for the first little bit.
 > But employers don't pay you to practice - they pay you to get results.
 > If
 > using the template version will turn out a product in 1 week less time
 > (nevermind 1-2 weeks less debugging time!), they'll go for it.  If the
 > speed
 > penalty is too much, then there is a business decision to spend the
 > extra 3
 > weeks to switch to a hand-coded version.  Usually the speed penalty is
 > too
 > small to warrant the three weeks.
Well, the good thing now is that I have all of the code I'll ever need, 
stored in a huge library. That way, I can reuse it as much as I like, 
optimise it as I see fit, and I've still got the source :)
Have Fun - Kev
Kevin Campbell
Sysop of Deimos BBS
E-Mail: Sysop@Deimos.unmanned.co.uk
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