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Philosopher Flusser about 2 kinds of complexity

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by mrpsbrk • 14 years ago

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mrpsbrk• 14 years ago

Structural complexity (the internals) against functional complexity (the use) reminds me that worse is better because overengineering selects orthogonality into unimportant problem-dimensions, that is tends to enhance the structure while hindering the use.

zenogais• 14 years ago

It would seem that programming languages play a big part in determining the level of structural complexity produced in a piece of software. Lisp, for example, is structurally simple while being functionally complex.

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