Data Structures and Implementation
Unit 4 Discussion Board
Kregg M. Soltow
March 3, 2011
American Intercontinental University
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Do you think the availability of inexpensive memory has made programmers
lazy about using memory efficiently?
Recently I have noticed that more and more programmers are becoming lax when it
comes to writing good code. The misconception is that these days computers are of
adequate speed and therefore do not necessitate the need for efficient code. I feel that
many computer science majors are not required to put much effort into algorithm design
or in the simplest way, how to really program. This is presumably where Java comes in.
Java is easier and more fun therefore more popular. (Ritchie,1993)
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Is it more important to focus on functionality rather than efficient memory
use?
There are an abundance of times when it is important to focus on efficient memory
and not functionality, particularly when performance is not a concern but time is, in
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