| From: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Hitoshi Harada <umi(dot)tanuki(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Window functions patch v04 for the September commit fest |
| Date: | 2008-09-02 13:09:37 |
| Message-ID: | 48BD3B11.905@enterprisedb.com |
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:44:31AM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> If we only have the combined (brain * time) to get a partial
>> implementation in for this release then I would urge we go for that,
>> rather than wait for perfection - as long as there are no other negative
>> effects.
>
> "premature optimization is the root of all evil." (Knuth, Donald.)
>
> "make it work, then make it better".
>
> Getting a partial implementation that works out now is far better than
> waiting until its perfect.
Sure. Just have to watch out that we don't follow a dead-end, making it
harder to add missing functionality later on.
--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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