Smalltalk: Conceptual Integrity in Action.

Why Conceptual Integrity Matters: A Journey Through Smalltalk’s Design Philosophy

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“It is better to have a system omit certain anomalous features and improvements, but to reflect one set of design ideas, than to have one that contains many good but independent and uncoordinated ideas.”

Fred Brooks on “conceptual integrity” in system design. RIP.

https://twitter.com/grady_booch/status/1593478292341813248

#softwareengineering #brookslaw #conceptualintegrity #fredbrooks @seresearchers

Grady Booch on Twitter

“I’m sad to report that Fred Brooks has died this day. @ComputerHistory https://t.co/hM5UQz6MyC”

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