.background.was_it_worth_it_"></a></span><a class="link" href="background.html#boost_typetraits.background.was_it_worth_it_">Was
      it worth it?</a>
    </h5>
<p>
      It has often been repeated in these columns that "premature optimization
      is the root of all evil" <a class="link" href="background.html#background.references">[4]</a>.
      So the question must be asked: was our optimization premature? To put this
      in perspective the timings for our version of copy compared a conventional
    