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@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +I conclude that 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. It demands the same skill, devotion, +insight, and even inspiration as the discovery of the simple physical laws +which underlie the complex phenomena of nature. It also requires a willingness +to accept objectives which are limited by physical, logical, and technological +constraints, and to accept a compromise when conflicting objectives cannot be +met. No committee will ever do this until it is too late. + + -- C.A.R. Hoare, "The Emporor's Old Clothes" + Communications of the ACM, 1981 |