14 May 2008
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Because we couldn’t see how the system worked anymore!
Small systems are not only easier to optimize, they’re possible to optimize. And I mean globally optimize.
So when we talk about performance, it’s all crap. The most important thing is that you have a small system. And then the performance will just fall out of it naturally.
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/05/dynamic-languages-strike-back.html