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The actual quote. >Following Brooks we distinguish accidental from essential diculty, but disagree with his premise that most complexity remaining in contempor
by jcranberry 7y ago
The actual quote.
>Following Brooks we distinguish accidental from essential diculty, but disagree with his premise that most complexity remaining in contemporary systems is essential
There's no silver bullet claim.
- pron 7y agoIt very much is a silver bullet claim (following Brooks's definition). But here's the quote I was referring to, in context: > Brooks asserts ... that the majority... of the complexity that we find in contemporary large systems is of the essential type. We disagree. That means a silver bullet is possible (against Brooks's claim), and then they go on to describe what they think is a particular silver bullet.