Premature Optimization Definition
noun
The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck .
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Singular:
premature optimization
Plural:
premature optimizationsOrigin of Premature Optimization
It was first coined by Donald Knuth in his 1974 monograph The Art of Computer Programming which won a Turing Award .
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