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Noop is pretty simple...

• close04 8y ago
  And if the opening statement of the article is to be considered correct, noop is by design the only way to do things since its simplicity will always win against trying to create more complex code that does the task. "The single most important quality in a piece of software is simplicity. It’s more important than doing the task you set out to achieve. It’s more important than performance. The reason is straightforward: if your solution is not simple, it will not be correct or fast." It praises a quality that is great as an add-on, not really by itself. Pretty sure everyone prefers a complex thing that "does the task" than a simple one that doesn't. Simple "helps". Simple never "does". I think the author's values are a bit mixed up.