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>Steve,

?????? Are you getting like me and starting to call people by the wrong name?< g,d&r >

Actually, in my case it's true. I never can even get my two sons names right.:-)

>Thanks for adding this to the thread, it's been too long since I read that book, and McConnell is on the mark.

I'm going over it for the first time, and I find myself saying things ranging from, "Huh, huh! That's something I already knew" to "Sheesh! I never even considered that"

>Although I do believe that there are systems where performance is quite critical and benefit from some level of micro-optimization. Assuming of course that they'd benefit from it because the rest of the app doesn't do lame things like using O(n²) algorithms that call a routine that you optimized a few seconds out of. *g*

Absolutely! One thing I found, even over the years prior to reading McConnell, is that correctly desgined routines and modules/objects, usually perform at a more than satisfactory level.

>Use optimal algorithms as the top level design and if the users complain about performance take out the slow parts.

Yep! And I'd say that this is where the Coverage Profiler is invaluable.