For a more recent text which touches on this see John Ousterhout's wonderful book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-design

For a more recent text which touches on this see John Ousterhout's wonderful book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-design https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of... which has been discussed here previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42456492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42456492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43166362 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43166362