Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A domain-specific interpretation of the same concept:
“The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code.”
—Douglas McIlroy
A domain-neutral interpretation of the same concept:
Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.
—William of Ockham
This one really needs to have been applied to itself, “short is good” is way better.
(also this was one of EY’s quotes in the original rationality quotes set, http://lesswrong.com/lw/mx/rationality_quotes_3/ )
Also, “short is good” would narrow this quotes focus considerably.
Perfection is lack of excess.
Maybe it’s shorter in French?
Compare:
Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n’y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n’y a plus rien à retrancher.
So, no.
New here, sorry for the redundancy. I probably should have guessed that such a popular quote had been used.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A domain-specific interpretation of the same concept:
—Douglas McIlroy
A domain-neutral interpretation of the same concept:
—William of Ockham
This one really needs to have been applied to itself, “short is good” is way better.
(also this was one of EY’s quotes in the original rationality quotes set, http://lesswrong.com/lw/mx/rationality_quotes_3/ )
Also, “short is good” would narrow this quotes focus considerably.
Perfection is lack of excess.
Maybe it’s shorter in French?
Compare:
So, no.
New here, sorry for the redundancy. I probably should have guessed that such a popular quote had been used.