This gets discussed in great detail in Ousterhout's _A Philosophy of Software Design_: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-de

This gets discussed in great detail in Ousterhout's _A Philosophy of Software Design_: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-design https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of... Like most things in life, it's a series of tradeoffs and a balancing act.