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Worse is better
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Worse is better is a term conceived by Richard P. Gabriel in a 1989 essay to describe the dynamics of software acceptance. It refers to the argument that ...Read more
Worse Is Better - Dreamsongs
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by RP GabrielCited by 22 — The concept known as "worse is better" holds that in software making (and perhaps in other arenas as well) it is better to start with a minimal creation and ...Read more
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This article argued for a design philosophy he dubbed worse-is-better in which implementation simplicity is afforded greater import than interface simplicity.Read more
The Rise of ``Worse is Better''
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Common Lisp (with CLOS) and Scheme represent the MIT approach to design and implementation. The worse-is-better philosophy is only slightly different.Read more
Lisp: Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big
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by RP GabrielCited by 94 — The worse-is-better philosophy means that implementation simplicity has high- est priority, which means Unix and C are easy to port on such ...Read more
Worse is better : r/ProgrammingLanguages
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20+ comments · 3 years ago
"Worse is better" in language design means that everyone will be stuck with the poor decisions made 50 years ago, as demonstrated by countless examples.Read more
Worse Is Better
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A story of the triumph of engineering over science. Or put another way, features, availability (delivery), and price appear to weigh heavier than quality.Read more
Worse Really is Better
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19 Mar 2024 — The author originally framed Worse is Better in terms of the implementation complexity of programming languages. I'm going to push this concept ...Read more
WorseIsBetter
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Some years ago Richard Gabriel, a demigod in the LISP programming world, wrote a thoughtful essay on why the LISP language (mostly) has failed to catch on ...Read more
EINTR and PC loser-ing (The "Worse Is Better" case study)
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18 Apr 2011 — Richard Gabriel's 1989 essay Worse Is Better is a famous comparison between LISP and Unix/C that pops up from time to time and is guaranteed ...Read more