Premature Optimization Definition

noun

The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck .

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Noun

Singular:
premature optimization
Plural:
premature optimizations

Origin 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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