Also, the PS2 used vector processors, and I would assume that the PS3 will as well. This means that in a single clock cycle on one of these processors, four addditions can be performed (but only one divide I believe). They are likely using something more advanced, but just adding a few of these will reduce the clock cycle needed to do this enormously.
One of the stated assumptions of the article was that you could ignore performance issues. You just expect computers to be fast enough to cover up all of the poor decisions you make.
As for operator overloading, if you can read:
Object1.add(B,Object1.subtract(Object1.multiply(E, A),C))
as easily as
B + E*A - C
then you don't need it. Operator overloading can be extremely useful for the rest of us. At least when it is properly used.
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Also, the PS2 used vector processors, and I would assume that the PS3 will as well. This means that in a single clock cycle on one of these processors, four addditions can be performed (but only one divide I believe). They are likely using something more advanced, but just adding a few of these will reduce the clock cycle needed to do this enormously.
One of the stated assumptions of the article was that you could ignore performance issues. You just expect computers to be fast enough to cover up all of the poor decisions you make. As for operator overloading, if you can read: Object1.add(B,Object1.subtract(Object1.multiply(E, A),C))
as easily as
B + E*A - C
then you don't need it. Operator overloading can be extremely useful for the rest of us. At least when it is properly used.