Ofcourse (Score 1)

When it comes faster and faster CPUs and systems i dont think its very smart to start wasting power on bugs and loops. The presumption that it always come faster computers so you dont have to optimize isnt all true, a slow program is never a good program. Easy math also tells us that the more code the more likely will there be bugs. Look at windows, if it was really tweaked i cant even imagine how it could be that slow and buggy. Then again, it depends very much on what compiler and what level of language you use. If you use JAVA or VB its probably a good thing to really check the code a couple of times extra. A cycle is a terrible thing to waste!