Rust is doing this correctly. It’s better to model things as...

Rust is doing this correctly. It’s better to model things as they are rather than requiring a bunch of implicit knowledge. The simplicity of C is dangerously misleading.

Eric Fredine twitter.com

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simplicity is difficult because there's no room to hide the lack of clear conviction that complexity affords

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“Beginner = ignorant simplicity

Intermediate = functional complexity

Advanced = profound simplicity”

3-2-1: On simplicity, having good ideas, and acting in the face of fear

Simple is often erroneously mistaken for easy. "Easy" means "to be at hand", "to be approachable". "Simple" is the opposite of "complex" which means "being intertwined", "being tied together". Simple != easy

Rich Hickey • Simple Made Easy

I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. It demands the same skill, devotion, insight, and even inspiration as the disco... See more