> The minute you mention optimization on most internet forums (especially StackOverflow) you get slammed for promoting "premature optimization."
Typically, that's because the people asking are asking questions like "which is faster in PHP, print or echo?" to which the answer is generally "there's about a half a second difference if you run it a million times, but you shouldn't be doing that anyways".
Typically, that's because the people asking are asking questions like "which is faster in PHP, print or echo?" to which the answer is generally "there's about a half a second difference if you run it a million times, but you shouldn't be doing that anyways".