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Re: Loose vs. Tight Couplingby dragonchild (Archbishop) |
on May 02, 2005 at 14:00 UTC ( [id://453237]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Loose coupling is a tradeoff between higher design costs and lower maintenance costs. If you know you will be spending a lot of time in maintenance, then the higher design cost is amortized over the savings in maintenance. If, however, you won't be doing that much maintenance, then loose coupling is a waste of time.
In other words, if you can guarantee that maintenance will not be an issue, then couple tightly. But, personally, I've never been able to guarantee that. *shrugs* The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good.
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