>I think it's also because they don't deal with complexity as well as younger programmers so they strive for simplicity (which is good). Yeah, I'm going to hav

>I think it's also because they don't deal with complexity as well as younger programmers so they strive for simplicity (which is good). Yeah, I'm going to have to ask for details here. When I was a youngster, it was the older folks who were my guides through the forests of complexity, especially when it came to interconnections between things, unintended side effects, and far-ranging consequences of design choices. When I got to that ripe old state of being 40+, that was my role as well.