This cheerfully reminded me of the thing in MRI Ruby of (relatively recent) yesteryear where strings longer than 23 characters were twice as slow, qv. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patshaughnessy.net&#x2F;2012&#x2F;1&#x2F;4&#x2F;never-create-ruby-strings-longer-than-23-characters" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patshaughnessy.net&#x2F;2012&#x2F;1&#x2F;4&#x2F;never-create-ruby-strings...</a>