in reply to Re: Re (tilly) 1: Atoms as a concept for programming analysis
in thread Maintainable code is the best code
The reason for the but is that if you are trying to merely
decompose into atoms, then you have no reason to aim to
create atoms that are maximally reusable in creating other
atoms. Indeed not creating them makes for more local
simplicity.
When reusability conflicts with local simplicity (and they very often do), saying that reusability generally wins is based on some value system. Without a value system to reason from, your conclusion is not just logic. I think that the concept of intellectual compression captures the value system quite well. I think that the atomic hypothesis captures what you do, but misses why you do it, and cannot resolve that conflict.
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