Michael A. Jackson Quote

The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it.
The Second Rule of Program Optimization – For experts only: Don't do it yet.


Jackson quoted in: Jon Louis Bentley (1988) More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder. p. 61


The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization – For experts only: Don't do it yet.

The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization – For experts only: Don't do it yet.

The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization – For experts only: Don't do it yet.

The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization – For experts only: Don't do it yet.