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The mere presence of choice incurs a tangible mental cost, even if that choice is not exercised. In the case of programming languages, this is not only a devel
by infogulch 11y ago
The mere presence of choice incurs a tangible mental cost, even if that choice is not exercised.
In the case of programming languages, this is not only a development cost, it's a maintenance cost as well. But this concept seems to apply to many more things than just programming.
- Ace17 11y agoChoices are made at the time of writing the code. And complex code has proven to be very easy to write. So the mental cost of all the existing choices must be minimal.