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Posted by Ben C on 04/21/07 17:08
On 2007-04-21, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article <slrnf2goqg.5hq.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
> Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
>
>> Some wise quotes from Dijkstra:
>>
>> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
>>
>> The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own
>> skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids
>> clever tricks like the plague.
>>
>> How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity --
>> in short: what mathematicians call "elegance" -- are not a dispensable
>> luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure
>
> Wise indeed. Funny how they are so easily ignored, not only in
> programming, but in many other earthly endeavours.
The thing is it's harder than it looks to keep things simple. But people
don't always even realize that that's what they should be trying to do.
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