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> The first method is far more difficult. It demands the same skill, devotion, insight, and even inspiration as the discovery of the simple physical laws which underlie the complex phenomena of nature. It also requires a willingness to accept objectives which are limited by physical, logical, and technological constraints, and to accept a compromise when conflicting objectives cannot be met. No committee will ever do this until it is too late.
Tony Hoare has died | Hacker News Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Tony Hoare has died ( computationalcomplexity.org ) 2043 points by speckx 3 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 268 comments paul 3 months ago | next [–] One of my favorite quotes: “There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.” I think about this a lot because it’s true of any complex system or argument, not just software.
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