ComplexSimplicity2

From Kernighan and Pike's The UNIX Programming Environment:

"For most purposes, this simple scheme is exactly what is wanted. When a more complicated structure is needed, it can easily be built on top of this; the converse, creating simplicity from complexity, is harder to achieve."

and

"Instead of creating distinctions, the UNIX system tries to efface them."

(see AwesomelySimple, ComplexSimplicity, OnAesthetics)

TopicProgramming - Datetag20011028

(correlates: OnAesthetics, WorldSeriesLines, AwesomelySimple, ...)