This article explains why the KISS principle is required for large projects. Since the only thing we can be sure of is that our 10,000 line program will contai

This article explains why the KISS principle is required for large projects. Since the only thing we can be sure of is that our 10,000 line program will contain bugs, it solves a lot of problems to develop a program methodically as separate modules which can be tested independently on the way to 10,000 lines. Separate modules allows a developer to test core assumptions on the way to a massive program which ostensibly produces correct answers.