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The Princicples Of Modularity, Simplicity, Or Orthogonality, Insofar As They
Contribute To Overall Simplicity, Are An Excellent Means To An End
The princicples of modularity, simplicity, or orthogonality, insofar as they
contribute to overall simplicity, are an excellent means to an end; but as a
substitute for simplicity they are very questionable. Since in practice they
have proved to be a technically more difficult achievement than simplicity,
it is foolish to accept them as primary objectives.
-- C.A.R. Hoare, "Hints on programming language design"