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Divide and Conquer -- If You're Patient Enough

Optimization is not always a synonym for "making a program run faster." - C/C++

An Extreme Example of Space Optimization

This week, I want to talk about sacrificing time to gain space. - C/C++

An Extreme Example of Architectural Optimization

Choosing the right data structure turned out to make more of a difference in execution time than removing a horrendous inefficiency in a runtime library. - C/C++

Optimization and Context

Programmers who think about how — and whether — to try to optimize a piece of code should keep in mind the context of both the code and the optimization. - C/C++

Optimization: Calling By Value Or By Reference To Const?

Here's another reason for thinking carefully about optimizations rather than making them automatically. - C/C++

Destructors Considered Harmful

Allocating dynamic resources may seem hazardous — but freeing them is the real hazard. - C/C++

Two Different Kinds of Optimization

Experience with SPITBOL suggests that there are at least two fundamentally different kinds of optimization, and that the advice to defer optimization applies only to one of those kinds. - C/C++

More Dirty Tricks in SPITBOL

This post continues the discussion about dirty tricks in the SPITBOL compiler. - C/C++

Misusing Floating-Point Arithmetic for Fun and Profit

One more circumstance in which a programming technique that looks truly awful at first glance turns out to be the best way to solve its particular problem. - C/C++

Some Programs Are Poorly Designed On Purpose

SPITBOL was carefully and thoroughly documented — but that documentation revealed programming techniques that to this day make me cringe. - C/C++

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