>Typical Charles humor: I'm pretty sure he meant it as a joke and a play on words in the Hoare quote (optimism instead of optimization). :o)
Oh, I understood it was a joke, but I thought it was a joke with a purpose: pointing that I was optimistic with the solution I proposed as it would not work, which never surprises me :)
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges