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And sometimes 2 complex things in combination result in something
simple.
(It sounded good, though I wish I had a good concrete example...)
Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World
Rick Marshall wrote:
>
> actually len i think the trick is to keep building simple things that
> can interact. the total system can be amazingly complex, but each
> component simple, verifiable, and understood.
>
> unix was built on that premise, djikstra's predicate calculus almost
> dictates it, it is the heart of my database/application work and
> philosophy of how to build very large systems, but most importantly it
> is essential to the existence and success of the web - and by extension
> this group.
>
> so, in this matter i disagree. lots of simple things are still simple
> things, even if their interaction is so complex it can never be fully
> understood.
>
> rick
>
> On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 05:32, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> > Problem is, one simple thing is simple. Two might not be.
> > More than that likely aren't.
> >
> > No one sets out to deliberately design obscure complex
> > products unless they are David Lynch.
> >
> > len
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Rankin [mailto:jimbokun_lists@mac.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:32 PM
> > To: rjm@zenucom.com
> > Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org DEV
> > Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Competing Specifications - A Good or
> > Bad Thing?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 5, 2004, at 5:53 PM, Rick Marshall wrote:
> >
> >
> > simple things are good. they can
> >
> > be understood, implemented, and used in the lifetime of a
> > human being.
> >
> > complex things are of no use because they can't.
> >
> >
> > I just added this to my signatures list.
> >
> >
> > -jimbo
> >
> >
> > Excelsior! XML Marshaller for Cocoa
> >
> > http://www.homepage.mac.com/jimbokun/Excelsior.html
> >
>
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Joseph Chiusano
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