James Gray wrote: >I really doubt if perfection is a >simple monotonic function of the amount you take away (or the amount you >add).
Yes. The quote might descibe the approach of a sculptor like Michelangelo who purportedly could see a perfect form inside a stone and then proceed to remove everything else, but it seems too one-sided of an approach to apply well to software development or life in general. >> Gregory Woodhouse wrote: >> >"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more >> >to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." >> >-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery >> --------------------------------------- Jim Self Systems Architect, Lead Developer VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
