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arxiv 2011.02455 v3 pith:AHGSV2TV submitted 2020-11-03 cs.DC cs.OScs.SE

Butler Lampson This is my paper · ORCID
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This new long version of my 1983 paper suggests the goals you might have for your system -- Simple, Timely, Efficient, Adaptable, Dependable, Yummy (STEADY) -- and techniques for achieving them -- Approximate, Incremental, Divide & Conquer (AID). It also gives some principles for system design that are more than just hints, and many examples of how to apply the ideas.

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