[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12834) amortize()

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12834 >

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Jason Short wrote:

> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12834 >
>
> Brian Dunstan wrote:
>
> > So in this situation, part of the end of turn AI
> > calculations would be to determine the interest rate
> > using some simple method for now.  A table could be
> > calculated then, and amortize() would use that table.
>
> More or less.  Except:
>
> - The patch probably already has code to determine the interest rate
> (which can be copied into a new patch).
>
> - A table is probably not needed.  Ammortize isn't a big CPU user.
> Premature optimization is counterproductive.

Yes. Do not blindly worship the Little Tin God!

As the prophet Knuth spoke: "Premature optimization is the root of all
evil".

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa