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                    2007
                
            
            
                29 Mar
                
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        Furthermore, if the compiler being used is incapable of providing adequate performance, it would be basically trivial to add a release option that replaces all quantity operations by null operations and bypasses all dimension checking... Matthias PS Donald Knuth said, "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil." (Code Complete, Page 594)