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Chester's First Law shouldn't be a law. Essential complexity varies at different levels of abstraction and abstractions are what causes them to change. So, it i
by kashif 14y ago
Chester's First Law shouldn't be a law. Essential complexity varies at different levels of abstraction and abstractions are what causes them to change. So, it isn't a conserved quantity.
Computer tech and even programming is a great example of complexity being reduced, in some cases, as an abstraction is added.
- jacques_chester 14y agoNote that I said in the problem domain. You can absolutely reduce complexity in the solution domain through abstraction, but somebody somewhere has payed the piper to sustain that illusion.