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"In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." This seems like a good ch
by typhonic 11y ago
"In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." This seems like a good chance to acknowledge the author, Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
- nmc 11y agoSt-Exupéry never mentioned "protocol design". This is a pastiche, not a plagiary. As to why St-Exupéry's name was not included, I suppose the editor thought the reference was obvious, which it is indeed.
- jacobolus 11y agoAnyone in technology should read the whole chapter 3 of Wind, Sand and Stars, if they haven’t before: http://pastie.org/pastes/10477072/text http://pastie.org/pastes/10477072/text