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intalentive · 2023-07-26 10:03:06

No it's objectively worse. The average complexity is at all time lows.

fyvhbhn | karma 45 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2022-09-05 07:50:14

Why on earth would you say complexity would be even worse?

I can't go along with this at all

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givemeethekeys | karma 2276 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2023-10-30 18:26:42

Complexity still very bad.

ravi-delia | karma 2311 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2021-07-21 19:36:59

I think you and the person you responded to are talking past each other a little bit. Complexity analysis may well be a poor fit, but still not as poor as a hammer's screw-turning ability. Complexity's poor fit to the real world is a criticism of its use as a programmer's tool, not the concept itself.

nsonha | karma 713 | avg karma 0.39 · | 2024-03-14 15:08:10

"Complexity bad so let's do complexity in a different way"

tel | karma 10892 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2015-07-08 17:54:04+00:00

It's not actually crappy at all for complexity analysis. Laziness is sometimes spoken about in that way, but nobody is forcing you to be lazy.

dredmorbius | karma 63069 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2014-03-08 22:14:05+00:00

Aye.

Complexity isn't your friend.

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trav4225 | karma 574 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2021-03-18 23:27:46+00:00

It depends on the complexity.

nathias | karma 637 | avg karma 0.39 · | 2022-06-22 16:45:20

complexity isn't bad, redundant complexity is

jmount | karma 4050 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2009-10-08 23:59:48+00:00

Yes, the extra complexity (and it is there) is the biggest strain on the analogy.

Retra | karma 4460 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2016-10-19 20:46:53

Complexity is a relative concern.

sliverstorm | karma 24708 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2016-06-24 00:54:46+00:00

Yes, the problem with complexity is eventually you go too far and the complexity makes it worse.

lwhi | karma 3163 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2024-04-27 08:15:01

More complexity is bad imo.

rtx | karma 149 | avg karma 0.21 · | 2020-08-01 06:16:07+00:00

Isn't that the result of increasing complexity.

mooseburger | karma 509 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2016-04-15 17:29:23+00:00

You mean complexity low, not simplicity low, yes?

Padding | karma 74 | avg karma 0.6 · | 2015-03-09 07:07:34+00:00

Reading that article, isn't that what Rich Hickey would call "incidental" (and thus bad) complexity?

baby | karma 14476 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2019-09-06 17:11:45+00:00

It is! Which is why I don’t like the term. It often masks the fact that it has a cost in complexity.

paulddraper | karma 16686 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2017-03-25 18:44:39+00:00

Yep.

Having poorly thought out complexity and no complexity often result in similar ends.

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matthewmacleod | karma 17455 | avg karma 4.64 · | 2014-08-06 12:11:41+00:00

Is is more complex - why is that inherently a bad thing?

wglb | karma 64679 | avg karma 7.38 · | 2011-06-08 17:31:21

Elaborating: Less complexity in each method leads to less overall complexity. And yes, the worst of long methods is that the internal interaction usually leads to more complexity.