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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] ignored patches
From: michaelm@swplumb.com (Michael McGlothlin)


>> I'm a firm believer that it's better to throw more CPU power at a 
>> performance problem than to make code less maintainable. Just buy a 
>> faster server.
> That hardly applies to library developers, though. They don't have 
> control over their users' CPU power...
You should write the best good you can but I think maintainability is 
more important than performance (within reason). You can't help if some 
of your users are trying to run your code on a 486. You can buy a pretty 
nice server for $3000 these days. That's within almost any business's range.

--
Michael McGlothlin
Southwest Plumbing Supply