blog: Refactoring #37

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jeff · 2022-01-14T19:49:16Z

jeff commented

2022-01-14 19:49:16 +00:00

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There are two ways of constructing a software design. One is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. The Emperor’s Old Clothes, CACM February 1981 —C. A. R. Hoare

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery There are two ways of constructing a software design. One is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. The Emperor’s Old Clothes, CACM February 1981 —C. A. R. Hoare

jeff commented

2022-01-14 19:51:04 +00:00

"Ideally, when you have finished with each change, the system will have the structure it would have had if you had designed it from the start with that change in mind."

reference needed

"Ideally, when you have finished with each change, the system will have the structure it would have had if you had designed it from the start with that change in mind." reference needed

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