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yasmincrist82 His pillow is cool on BOTH sides
morganyundt47 Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.
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clementstokes7 The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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dawnetreutel87 I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
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yasmincrist82 Most programs are not write-once. They are reworked and rewritten again and again in their lived. Bugs must be debugged. Changing requirements and the need for increased functionality mean the program itself may be modified on an ongoing basis. During this process, human beings must be able to read and understand the original code. It is therefore more important by far for humans to be able to understand the program than it is for the computer.
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portertillmaniii27 The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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mrsmaclindgren9 Imagine you are writing an email. You are in front of the computer. You are operating the computer, clicking a mouse and typing on a keyboard, but the message will be sent to a human over the internet. So you are working before the computer, but with a human behind the computer.
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