> Statements like that, while powerful are dangerous as they turn into baseball bats for people to hit each other with. I love that analogy. I see it again an

> Statements like that, while powerful are dangerous as they turn into baseball bats for people to hit each other with. I love that analogy. I see it again and again with so many of the "classics" - phrases like "premature optimization is the root of all evil" and "adding manpower to a late software project only makes it later". Sure, these statements are right more often than not, but the zealousness with which they are often applied leads to an enormous amount of mistakes. There ARE cases in which optimizations aren't premature. System architecture is all about designing a system for optimal performance in some area or another. And in some cases, bringing in more people to a late project can speed things up.