Posted by Steve on 10/30/07 04:18

"Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:04:46 +0100, Steve <no.one@example.com> wrote:
> complexity is !== security. simplicity most assuredly *is*.

>Hmmm, that's nonsense offcourse. Simplicity makes it easier to secure
>things and spot possible threads. Simplicity itself offers no security
>whatsoever.

ok...so i should have used == instead of ===

;^)

consider the substitution:

simplicity > complexity

and this trend:

simplicity->complexity
security--

for the reasons you state above...spotting threats.

>I agree that a KISS method surely is the way to go however.

fully.

>Bloated 'I can do everything'-classes are only usefull for those ill
>equipped to write a method of their own or maybe stretched for time.

exactly.

cheers

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