"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte." - Blaise Pascal = "I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time."
-2000 Lines of Code (2004)
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Re: -2000 Lines of Code (2004)
#52Here's a previous submission of this item, along with its attendant discussion:
Re: -2000 Lines of Code (2004)
#53Re: -2000 Lines of Code (2004)
#54Simplicity is harder to achieve than complexity. Try to solve problems by removing things, not adding them.
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases - Alan Kay
The quotation comes not from Alan Kay, but Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy. It's discussed here with Bentley: http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/207000707