premature optimization

Noun

Meaning

premature optimization (countable and uncountable, plural premature optimizations)

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Premature optimization is the root of all evil. Donald Knuth

Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming. C. A. R. Hoare

The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times; premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming. Donald Knuth

Close letter words and terms

premature labour premature mortality premature optimisation premature pregnancy termination premature release premature ventricular contraction