XPost: alt.folklore.computers
From: tnp@invalid.invalid

On 11/01/2026 20:44, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:55:12 -0600, Harold Stevens wrote:
>
>> Greybeard quants like me operated on 3 simple maxims:
>>
>> 1. Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't.
>> 2. If if ain't broke, don't fix it.
>> 3. If it breaks, don't ignore it.
>
> Those go way beyond programming...
>
Part of the 'philosophy of engineering'.

Perhaps the most fundamental one, after 'an engineer is someone who can
do for five bob what any damn fool can do for a quid' is

'In the construction of mechanisms, complexity should not be multiplied
beyond that necessary to achieve the defined objective'

Ockham's Laser...


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