In the paper No Silver Bullet [1], Brooks makes a distinction between accidental complexity and essential complexity. He claims that most complexity remaining i

In the paper No Silver Bullet [1], Brooks makes a distinction between accidental complexity and essential complexity. He claims that most complexity remaining in contemporary systems is essential. Moseley and Marks disagree with his premise in the paper Out of the Tarpit [2]. They propose an approach based on functional and relation model to minimize accidental complexity. Even if you don't agree with the conclusions or some of the premises in this papers, both provide an excellent read on the subject. [1] http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~cah/G51ISS/Documents/NoSilverBullet.html http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~cah/G51ISS/Documents/NoSilverBulle... [2] http://web.mac.com/ben_moseley/frp/paper-v1_01.pdf http://web.mac.com/ben_moseley/frp/paper-v1_01.pdf