There is this paper [1] by John McCarthy on what he calls Elaboration Tolerance: Elaboration tolerance is the ability to accept changes to a person’s or a comp

There is this paper [1] by John McCarthy on what he calls Elaboration Tolerance: Elaboration tolerance is the ability to accept changes to a person’s or a computer program’s representation of facts about a subject without having to start all over. This could make a good definition of what is 'good code'. [1] http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/elaboration/elaboration.pdf http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/elaboration/elaboration.pdf