premature optimization

短语

词形变化

premature optimizations 复数 premature optimizations

别名

premature optimisation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck.

    可数 不可数 计算机 工程 数学

    2016, Amitt Mahajan, Why you’re mispricing your VR seed round, VentureBeat Similar to engineering, premature optimization can cause you to focus on items that don’t materially affect your outcome and can divert your attention away from those that do.

词源

It was first coined by Donald Knuth in his 1974 monograph The Art of Computer Programming which won a Turing Award.

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