Rob Pike Is Wrong on Bloat
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A blog post argues against Rob Pike's views on software bloat, sparking a discussion on lean software and its relevance.
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gjvc
5 months ago
This article is still relevant though https://people.inf.ethz.ch/wirth/Articles/LeanSoftware.pdf
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