Quote: constraint solvers can be unpredictable, difficult to debug, and difficult to master

Quotation Skeleton

Constraint systems offer simple, declarative specifications for a … have been developed for their implementation. However, constraint … this is that programmers do not like that … job of the solver to find a solution--and … If there is a bug in a constraint … Furthermore, the declarative nature of constraints is often … [p. 13] One area of user interface design for … [e.g., using springs and struts].   Google-1   Google-2

Copyright clearance needed for quotation.

Additional Titles

Quote: constraint solvers are useful for graphical layout with springs and struts

Related Topics

Topic: declarative vs. procedural representation (54 items)
Topic: limitations of formalism (93 items)
Topic: constraints (35 items)
Topic: user interface tool kits (31 items)