Yeah, I see your point (and the other replies to my comment). I certainly don't mean it as a guiding principle on how they should build software, but rather as

Yeah, I see your point (and the other replies to my comment). I certainly don't mean it as a guiding principle on how they should build software, but rather as a way to get them to think about trade-offs and realize that nothing in the real world is perfect. (These students are often fresh out of high school and still in the mindset of "the world doesn't make sense but surely that's just because I'm young, and these older people must know what they're all doing" :)