Siehe auch: * Wie man kleine und schnelle Software schreibt * "Many irreducible mini-methods" in der Online-Dokumentation von SpracheLava * "Klein ist schön" in der UNIX-Philosophie. Siehe dazu auch Basics of the Unix Philosophy in E.S. Raymonds Buch The Art of Unix Programming, sowie "Unix-Philosophie" in Wikipedia Noch ein paar prägnante software-philosophische Zitate zum Thema "klein und einfach": * Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. – Lin Yu Tang * Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry * Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. – David Gelernter * A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. – John Gall * Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated. – Edsger W. Dijkstra * Architect: Someone who knows the difference between that which could be done and that which should be done. – Larry McVoy

Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered, by E. F. Schumacher, ISBN 0881791695.

Dieses Prinzip auf Software (und den Softwareproduktionsprozess) angewandt, könnte man ableiten:

• kleine Funktionen und Module sind besser als große, unüberschaubare (ObjektOrientierteProgrammierung)
• einfache Theorien und Modelle sind besser als komplexe (SystemMetapher)
• kleine, einfache Programmiersprachen (C, LISP, Java) sind besser als große, komplexe Programmiersprachen (PL/I, Ada, C++)
• schlanke Teams und Organisationsformen sind besser als bürokratische
• kleine Entwicklungsschritte sind besser als große (SchrittweisesWachstum)
• ...

• Wie man kleine und schnelle Software schreibt
• "Many irreducible mini-methods" in der Online-Dokumentation von SpracheLava
• "Klein ist schön" in der UNIX-Philosophie. Siehe dazu auch Basics of the Unix Philosophy in E.S. Raymonds Buch The Art of Unix Programming, sowie "Unix-Philosophie" in Wikipedia

Noch ein paar prägnante software-philosophische Zitate zum Thema "klein und einfach":

• Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.
  – Lin Yu Tang
• Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
  – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.
  – David Gelernter
• A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
  – John Gall
• Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.
  – Edsger W. Dijkstra
• Architect: Someone who knows the difference between that which could be done and that which should be done.
  – Larry McVoy