4.1 The main basic ideas and principles

There are a couple of main ideas behind all the other topics in this chapter. The others can be considered as derived from that basic principles. Here is a list:

• Runnable from CD-ROM: it should be possible to execute a piece of software on a computer without polluting it by a complex installation, which floods several directories with files.
• paradigm of total automation:
• redundancy is Satan:
• quality is velocity of change:
• the “invent a new OS” anti pattern: this is against JAVA because j2ee is an operating system.
• compile time decisions always better than run time decisions: this is against JAVA, because java is interpreted and uses things like reflection api. This is a strong advantage of generators.