Episode 520: John Ousterhout on A Philosophy of Software Design
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Is There a Complexity in Complexity?
The more complexity you can contain in a madule through a simpler inner face, i think would tend to add towards that richness and that depth. For example, the power outlet is a wonderful example of amazing abstraction. I can plug any and all appliances into that simple power outlet. And where's the power coming from behind it? Well, i don't know. But do i know exactly where this electron came i don't write so.
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