Author: Lisi Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Whatever happened to programming? (O.T?)
On Sunday 21 March 2010 21:16:30 Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > Rather making a
> plea for a return to the principle of simplicity, which I was taught was
> the essence of good programming.
We had to keep it taut and simple - we had so little memory available.
Elegance wasn't purely for elegance's sake: it was a necessity!!