Why Optimize?
Having seen the dangers of code optimization, should you now give up any foolish notion of ever optimizing your code? Well, no: You should still avoid optimization wherever possible, but there are plenty of situations where optimization is important. And contrary to popular belief, some areas are guaranteed to require optimization.
Games programming always needs well-honed code. Despite the huge advances in PC power, the market demands more realistic graphics and more impressive artificial intelligence algorithms. This can only be delivered by stretching the execution environment to its very limits. It’s an incredibly challenging field of work; as each new piece of faster hardware is released, games programmers still have to wring ...
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