I think this quote is pretty funny in hindsight. Since it was said, we've had an entire generation of OOP muppets, and now a second one of modern web developers going that way, that add layers of pointless abstraction and complete bullshit on top of everything they write, just for fun.
In the 70s you might've needed a reason like optimisation to commit evil. These days apathy and cargo culting do it perfectly fine without optimisation even coming into the picture.
In the 70s you might've needed a reason like optimisation to commit evil. These days apathy and cargo culting do it perfectly fine without optimisation even coming into the picture.