Complexity Quote by Bjarne Stroustrup

“Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we cannot avoid it. Our applications are complex because we are ambitious to use our computers in ever…

— C.A.R. Hoare

Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we cannot avoid it.... If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs,…

— Tony Hoare

“Grow complexity by solving practical problems as they arise”

— Becky Bond

Complexity control is the central problem of writing software in the real world

— Eric S. Raymond

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex…

— Edward de Bono

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

— Brian Kernighan

“Reality consists of sets of interacting problems, systems of problems we call “messes.” As previously noted, problems are abstractions extracted from reality by analysis.…

— Russell L. Ackoff

The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one. Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often…

— Fred Brooks

Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to…

— Rob Pike

“The Complexity Trap: Every problem gets solved by adding more …more meetings, more approval, more process. Until the solution becomes worse than the problem.”

— Greg Born

We have perfected the art of finding problems without fixing real-world issues. We focus too much on complexity, not harm.

— Alex Stamos

The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a…

— Fernando J. Corbato