By Niklaus Wirth
Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling—the incomprehensible should cause suspicion, not admiration.
— Niklaus Wirth
Niklaus Wirth, “A Plea for Lean Software”, IEEE Computer (1995).
Wirth was the designer of the Pascal programming language and recipient of the Turing Award.
See also: Complexity and No Obvious Deficiencies
The Far Side of Complex
How do we get beyond complexity?
Being Spartan with Ideas
Do you leave your ideas to fend for themselves in the wild or keep them in a safe place?