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Software Design with John Ousterhout

Legacy Code Rocks

CHAPTER

How to Slow the Accumulation of Complexity

Oster: How can I slow the accumulation of complexity that will make the system impossible to maintain? Oster: It's a really interesting intellectual challenge, but it kind of comes from a certain degree. You have to enjoy suffering or dealing in very difficult- working in very difficult environments creates really interesting challenges to address. And so you can't prevent the inevitable accumulation of complexity. You can simply slow it down.

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