Re: Just one more anecdote

From: Bill H <notme_at_bogus.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:04:09 -0700
Message-ID: <PO-dna9oz-UXKmDfRVn-uw@comcast.com>

Marshall:

"Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1122950563.600927.14890_at_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.

Cosmological contemplations always do gravitate (a pun?) toward the simplest explanations. So, it can't be all bad for software design. :-)

Bill Received on Sat Aug 13 2005 - 04:04:09 CDT