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Optimization is the process of improving an existing program to make it work more efficiently or/and using less resources.

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Is premature optimization really the root of all evil?

Personally, as covered in a previous thread, I don't believe early optimization is bad in situations where you know you will hit performance issues. … In my experience, late optimization provides meagre rewards at a high price. Optimizing at design stage, through algorithm selection and tweaking, is way better. …