From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2003-08-26T07:05:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby launching system apps?


> Avoid premature optimization. If the inefficiency is a problem,

I hear this a thousand times, but this makes it not more truth.
You should only avoid optimization if it results in a more complex
structure. This is only in a few cases the reality. Often an optimal
datastructure doesn't take longer to debug or to write.