Re: [Algorithms] Complexity of new hardware

[Andrew V. <and...@ni...>]

> Andrew Vidler wrote:
> > Of course there are, and all those other axes are 
> definitely important.
> > But again, IME, if you lack design then they pale into 
> insignificance 
> > for all but the simplest task.
> >   
> 
> Surprisingly, I've very seldom worked on projects where "lack 
> of design" 
> was the main reason for problems. In my experience, what gets 
> smart people in high-level trouble is either designing the 
> wrong thing (or for the wrong target), or over-designing, 
> which leads to an overly rigid, verbose or cumbersome implementation.

Yeah, I agree with that - In my mind, I'd included getting a good problem
spec' as part of the design process.
 
> Half of the time, though, problems aren't technical at all, 
> but more of the "let's put ten elephants into one phone booth 
> by next Thursday" 
> kind. Those problems, we should probably discuss on sweng-gamedev :-)

Good point. :)

Cheers,
Andrew.