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Subject:	Re: OT: Simplicity is key to keeping code secure
From:	Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:48:06 -0400
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John Lee wrote:
>
> And wasn't this one of MPE's strong points?
>
> John Lee (hardware guy)
>
> At 05:48 PM 8/11/02 -0400, Mark Wonsil wrote:
> >Not sure if it is OT or not, but put one there just to be safe.  I'm posting
> >this because it could have been written by Wirt, Alfredo or any other number
> >of people on this list.  The short version: less is more.  This is true in
> >so many aspects of life and no less true in software development.

"Inside every large program is a small one desperately trying to get out"
-- C.A.R.Hoare

Also "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. The first method is far more difficult."

-- Ibid

Jeff

PS - "I bet the human brain is a kludge."  -- Marvin Minsky

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