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Rise of Worse Is Better

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I and just about every designer of Common Lisp and CLOS has had extreme exposure to the MIT/Stanford style of design. The essence of this style can be captured by the phrase the right thing. To such a designer it is important to get all of the following characteristics right:

Rise of Worse Is Better The Rise of Worse is Better Richard P. Gabriel Lucid, Inc {an excerpt from "Lisp: Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big." [ html ]} 2.1 The Rise of Worse is Better I and just about every designer of Common Lisp and CLOS has had extreme exposure to the MIT/Stanford style of design. The essence of this style can be captured by the phrase the right thing . To such a designer it is important to get all of the following characteristics right: Simplicity -- the design must be simple, both in implementation and interface. It is more important for the interface to be simple than

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