Quote #580
Even a committee of two gets in the way of redesign. This happens
particularly in the interfaces between pieces of software written by two
different people. To change the interface both have to agree to change it at
once. And so interfaces tend not to change at all, which is a problem
because they tend to be one of the most ad hoc parts of any system.
-- Paul Graham, "Being Popular"
Even a committee of two gets in the way of redesign. This happens
particularly in the interfaces between pieces of software written by two
different people. To change the interface both have to agree to change it at
once. And so interfaces tend not to change at all, which is a problem
because they tend to be one of the most ad hoc parts of any system.
-- Paul Graham, "Being Popular"
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