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===== Rationale ===== | ===== Rationale ===== | ||
- | The capabilities of the human mind are certainly limited. If it is necessary to keep a large amount of modules or lines of code in mind, it is difficult to understand. Furthermore if a module is large, it takes a long time to read (and thus to comprehend). And if there are many modules, looking for a particular module takes a long time. And the longer the searching process takes, the more one will have forgotten what has been read previously. This results in worse readability, | + | The capabilities of the human mind are certainly limited. If it is necessary to keep a large amount of modules or lines of code in mind, it is difficult to understand. Furthermore if a module is large, it takes a long time to read (and thus to comprehend). And if there are many modules, looking for a particular module takes a long time. And the longer the searching process takes, the more one will have forgotten what has been read previously. This results in worse readability, |
Regarding documentation it is evident that smaller amounts of documentation are read faster. | Regarding documentation it is evident that smaller amounts of documentation are read faster. | ||
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The phrase "more is more complex" | The phrase "more is more complex" | ||
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===== Evidence ===== | ===== Evidence ===== |
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