Reading this book (in 1984 or so) was one of the formative moments for me. Especially the idea that as software developers we should strive for the simplest mos

Reading this book (in 1984 or so) was one of the formative moments for me. Especially the idea that as software developers we should strive for the simplest most elegant solution and we could iterate our designs to get there. The cartoons are brilliant - I often think of the universal processor (p82) "word, food, data" when designing something that doesn't have a clear purpose.