> Standard premature optimisation reply #2: > Why not just go ahead and code it in assembly language? Good idea. But there are 2 problems: - developer's performance (though can be solved with reasonable number of procs/macros) - human ability to make mistakes. In ideal world with unlimited resources (~heaven) I would write applets in asm. For shlibs, the performance is not an issue (well, I do not expect much degradation here). Sure, mistakes here are more pricy than for apps - but it's up to developer to decide... > #3 involves matchsticks and glue, by the way. ?-) Please no. Well, I think it is time to stop the discussion. Both sides fixed and reasoned their positions, so readers will be able to choose their priorities and their ways... Still, some official statement on developer.gnome.org would be nice to have, wouldn't it? Michael, could you please put it (or ask any other gnome core team guys)? -- Sergey
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