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Updated 2004-01-16 18:44:41

"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." So said Tony Hoare, but where and when?

Charles Moore

SLB Nice quote. The full article's here: [L1 ]

KISS

A nice essay by Leslie Lamport: [L2 ]. (Ironic that this is by the guy who wrote LaTeX, of all things, but it's a good essay nonetheless.)


Bob Colwell: "Design Fragility" [L3 ]

  • Complexity breeds fragility.
  • Fragility breeds surprises.
  • Surprises are bad.

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