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From: Peter Amey <peter.amey@praxis-cs.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Software Design
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[snip]
> 
> 
>>a piece of software to be useful it must be complex by necessity
> 
> 
[snip]

That may be true; however, it should be as simple as possible 
commensurate with performing its designated task.  Being elegant and 
precise is usually harder than being over-complex but always worth the 
effort.

To quote (or at least paraphrase) another mathematician (Pascal): "I 
apologise for writing you such a long letter, I did not have time to 
write a short one".


Peter