[Rails] Re: Re: Re: how to deal with gender

Robert Walker wrote:
>
> Pale Horse wrote:
>> I tend to normalise as often as possible, and I do agree with you
>> Robert. But http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?YouArentGonnaNeedIt also raises a
>> very good point.
>
> Given that the primary reason for flattening data, that could otherwise
> be normalized, is for performance optimization reasons,
> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PrematureOptimization is the balance to YAGNI.

Tautological, is this matter. Normalising the database *is* indeed,
almost always the correct methodology.
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