Monday, January 16. 2006

Algorithmic Optimization

The latest Game Developer touches on a subject that I get asked about frequently. The when, how, and why of optimizing programs. In the Mature Optimization article Mick West discusses the very common mistake programmers make of not considering optimization until the very last step of programming, if at all. This stemming from a nugget of wisdom often quoted and misquoted:

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil." [Hoare] [Knuth]

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A really successful experiment

Well, I decided that my first post has to be about something important. So, I've selected food. Lately I've been trying to use up the winter squashes that are left over from last year's farm share shipments (Lynn and I are members of Angelic Organics) and I decided to try squash cheesecake based on the thought that I'd had pumpkin cheesecake and all the winter squashes are pretty similar.

So, I roasted a butternut squash in the oven, mashed it, and used it in the following original recipe.


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