From TFA: "Dewar personally told me that when implementing the GNAT compiler, whenever they looked at the language specification and thought it might be compli

From TFA: "Dewar personally told me that when implementing the GNAT compiler, whenever they looked at the language specification and thought it might be complicated to implement, they assumed they didn’t understand the language specification and looked for a simpler way to do it. This mindset that “there is probably an easy way to do this” seems to have been different from others, who seemed to assume that complexity was always an inevitable part of the job." I've been on the losing side of this battle my entire career. While I thought striving for simplicity was core to the job, it's only harmed me. Though it's nice to read about another person who apparently thinks like me. If any one needs me, I'll in the basement with my stapler, sipping my now cold coffee.