http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/12/04/the-economics-of-progr...
Summed up: for 50 years, programmer time has been getting more expensive relative to machine time, so optimizing for programmer time makes sense (in broad terms - clearly there are plenty of cases where speed matters).
http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/12/04/the-economics-of-progr...
Summed up: for 50 years, programmer time has been getting more expensive relative to machine time, so optimizing for programmer time makes sense (in broad terms - clearly there are plenty of cases where speed matters).