Re: [xml-dev] Michael Kay: simple designs make easy things easier,diffic

On 12/11/2013 11:36 PM, "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

Michael Kay wrote:

> I think they made it simple deliberately,
> knowing full well that when you keep a
> design simple, you make easy things easier,
> and difficult things more difficult.

That is a fascinating statement.

I am very interested in seeing concrete examples of a simple design making difficult things more difficult.

Does anyone have examples of this please?

/Roger

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