RE: Application design & architecture

>> Using faster hardware doesn't improve the process of coding.
>>>
>
>sure it does.
>   result = ProcedureCall( input1: input2 ) ;
>
>is more readable than:
>  ProcedureCall( result: input1: input2 ) ;
>
>however, the 2nd version uses less CPW to execute.  Historically, i5
>programmers have to choose the efficient, less readable method because
>i5 CPW is many times the price of p5 CPW.  The result is less readable
>code.
>
>-Steve

I have been called a "performance nut" and I wouldn't even consider #2
because of performance. If the result is something larger than 16 bytes I
would consider using a pointer, if the result is larger than 32 bytes I
wouldn't consider using anything other than a pointer.

Duane Christen



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