Re: Best, Simple versus Best

oz@nexus.yorku.ca (ozan s. yigit)
Thu, 16 Mar 1995 16:55:49 GMT

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From: oz@nexus.yorku.ca (ozan s. yigit)
Keywords: Lisp, design
Organization: The Electric Skillet
References: 95-03-050 95-03-082
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 16:55:49 GMT

Preston Briggs:


      The entire discussion to this point reminds me of an essay by Richard
      Gabriel (I'm sorry I don't have even a minimal reference) contrasting
      the "MIT/Stanford style of design" with the "New Jersey approach."


[extract elided]


It is an essay titled "Lisp: Good News Bad News How to Win Big" which
is appearently from a talk Gabriel gave in Europe.


Opinion: I like RPG's writings on software etc. but not this peculiar
one, which has become sort of a bumper-sticker document for language and
system design circles. Everybody likes to mention it. It is unfortunate
that nobody has bothered to challenge his points, so some of these
anodyne reflections on design etc. ("The Right Thing" vs "Worse is Better")
are now taken for deep insights.


oz
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