Because there are still people who have not yet seen the light. Once everyone has joined the fold they will not be able to remember why anyone resisted in the first place.
Usually people say “premature optimization is the root of all evil” to say “small optimizations are not worth it”
No, that’s not what people mean. They mean measure first, then optimize. Small optimizations may or may not be worth it. You don’t know until you measure using real data.
♫ Alone Pockets ♫