On Thu 06 Aug 2009 at 16:52:39 PDT Samuel Baldwin wrote:
I definitely enjoyed reading this; the principles were especially nice
to have there.

Yes, I agree.

I hadn't seen the "Java is the COBOL of the future" quip before. Very
funny -- and, I believe, something that will be proven true.

I would add two more factors contributing to complexity:
(1) The obsession with code reuse and the proliferation of shared
libraries.
(2) IDE's that impose a certain philosophy and approach to programming,
and foster the *illusion* of simplicity through code generation and
other tricks.  (Jack, I think you touched on this in one of your earlier
blog posts.)

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