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Out of the Tar Pit

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Out of the Tar Pit Ben Moseley Peter Marks ben@moseley.name public@indigomail.net February 6, 2006 Abstract Complexity is the single major difficulty in the successful develop- ment of large-scale software systems. Following Brooks we distinguish accidental from essential difficulty, but disagree with his premise that most complexity remaining in contemporary systems is essential. We identify common causes of complexity and discuss…

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