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- From: rmartin@thor.Rational.COM (Bob Martin)
- Subject: Re: Complexity in the eyes of the beholder?
- Message-ID: <rmartin.722282541@thor>
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- Organization: Rational
- References: <1992Nov18.024553.24081@tagsys.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:02:21 GMT
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- In my view, you answered your own question in the subject line.
- Complexity is often in the eye of the beholder. What you find to be a
- natural expression of a complex system, your friend does not. Period.
- There is no right or wrong here, just individual taste and preference.
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- If you are really interested in pursuing this question futher, then
- get 10 engineers. Find a complex problem, and have your friend
- provide his solution to 5 of the engineers, and you provide your
- solution to the other five. Then ask all 10 engineers to make a
- significant modification to the system. Measure the time it takes to
- make the modifications, and the quality of the result (number of
- bugs?). Ignore their groaning and moaning about style.
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