Quote #684
Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; experts avoid it; geniuses
remove it.
-- A. Perlis
Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; experts avoid it; geniuses
remove it.
-- A. Perlis
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