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-	[[API]]s are said to be like [[star]]s. ~~See~~ the [[Blogs:JaroslavTulach:Theory:DiamondsVsStars\|Diamonds vs. Stars]] allegory.	+	[[API]]s are said to be like [[star]]s. Star cannot know ''"who's watching"'' and cannot ''"just disappear"''. It may explode, turn into supernova, burn out. However there are physical laws that prevent it to ''"disappear suddenly"'' (unless [[god]] would [[wikipedia:Does_God_Play_Dice%3F\|play dice with us]]).
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		+	Just like that a method in an [[API]] cannot be ''"just refactored away"''. There are laws of [[API Design]] that require it to behave properly (if one wants to be real [[API]] designer and not play dice with users of the [[API]]).
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		+	More in the [[Blogs:JaroslavTulach:Theory:DiamondsVsStars\|Diamonds vs. Stars]] allegory.

JaroslavTulach: New page: APIs are said to be like stars. See the Diamonds vs. Stars allegory.

JaroslavTulach — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:35:29 GMT

New page: APIs are said to be like stars. See the Diamonds vs. Stars allegory.

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[[API]]s are said to be like [[star]]s. See the [[Blogs:JaroslavTulach:Theory:DiamondsVsStars|Diamonds vs. Stars]] allegory.