Template Metaprogramming Made Easy (Huh?)

[Don]

dsimcha wrote:
> == Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a at a.a)'s article
>> In general though, I find the "programmer time is more expensive than
>> hardware" line to largely be a cop-out.
> 
> Fair enough, but can you elaborate on this?  Of course hardware is getting cheaper
> relative to programming time.  This is obvious to anyone who doesn't live under a
> rock.  My previous post was pointing out how this is relevant in case that was
> less obvious.

Probably because you need to consider maintenance time. Poor quality 
ends up costing you in the long term. Good quality code gets reused.

OTOH the age where performance matters, may be coming to an end. I hope 
not, because I always considered optimization to be one of the most 
interesting things about programming. But it's already becoming a niche 
market.