26 Apr
2007
26 Apr
'07
12:47 a.m.
On 4/25/07, Michael Marcin
Hello,
I have a new programmer on my team who has been brought on as an optimization engineer. She has a lot more experience than I do but I fear some of that experience may have left impressions that have stuck with her for too long. On the first check in labeled spot optimizations there were many things changed that disturbed me.
Stop right there. Doesn't matter what the changes are, whether they are boost or whatever, etc. Just ask to see the before and after measurements. The optimizer's first *and last* tool should be a profiler. Find the bottlenecks and fix them, nothing else. Tony