Re: Just one more anecdote

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 1 Aug 2005 19:42:43 -0700
Message-ID: <1122950563.600927.14890@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

dawn wrote:

> You are using "the simplest model is the best model" and I don't buy
> it, although I don't dismiss it as useless.

I just have to pop in here and say that out of all the design principles
I've ever picked up or articulated myself, I put Simplicity as the most important. A good design is one that meets all the requirements, a better design is one that meets all the requirements as is but will not if you remove even one design element. The best design is the smallest
design.

I don't know whether this is a good principle for cosmological contemplations, but it's sure a good one for designing software.

Marshall Received on Mon Aug 01 2005 - 21:42:43 CDT