Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor
From: Dave Robillard (drobilla_AT_connect.carleton.ca)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 01:32:17 EET
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 19:32, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:49:05PM -0500, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 08:52, Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
> >
> > > On a more general tone: I think we should be less afraid of complexity
> > > and learning curves. Dumbing down maybe required in order to be popular,
> > > but that's not my aim. And finally, I believe diversity is a Good Thing.
> >
> > Writing good modular software with simple modules that interact in
> > well-defines ways is NOT "dumbing down"!
>
> Nor did I say such a thing.
>
> > Is UNIX a dumbed down operating system?
>
> Certainly not, and it provides a good example of what I mean. Unix system
> calls are always designed to be as general as possible, [snip]
I mean the design of unix from a user perspective, not how the system
calls are designed.
Small little tools that do one thing and communicate via pipes, etc.
The system is actually more powerful because of this simplicity.
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