The Rise of 'Worse Is Better'

paper Richard P. Gabriel (1991) · source

Richard Gabriel’s essay arguing that software systems prioritizing implementation simplicity over interface correctness spread faster and ultimately win. Originally a section of “Lisp: Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big.” Contrasts the “New Jersey approach” (worse-is-better) with the “MIT approach” (the-right-thing).

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